New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke revealed that more than 10,000 drivers purchased the Dollar-a-Day auto insurance policy during its first year.
“Rising sales of the Dollar-a-Day policy, combined with other programs, demonstrates that our efforts to help uninsured drivers with limited means drive legally are working,” said Acting Governor Richard J. Codey. “By reducing the ranks of uninsured drivers more than $58 million has been added to the New Jersey system, bringing down costs for all New Jersey policyholders.”
The Dollar-a-Day policy protects drivers from the biggest cost an uninsured driver may cause: emergency room care following an accident. This policy provides up to $250,000 of medical coverage ensuring a certain level of compensation to trauma centers. The policy also provides a $10,000 death benefit.
The Dollar-a-Day policy is available through most insurance agencies and costs $360 per year, or $365 if purchased in two six-month installments. Since October 2003, when the program began, New Jerseyans have bought more than 10,480 policies.
All Dollar-a-Day drivers contribute to the uninsured/underinsured motorist pool, reducing the financial burden on drivers who obey the law. A portion of the premium paid for every insurance policy written in New Jersey already goes to support this pool. More drivers contributing to the pool reduces rates for everyone.
“We are pleased that the Dollar-a-Day policy is reaching the people in the Garden State who need insurance,” Bakke said. “The policy is an integral part of a competitive marketplace that offers consumers choices of coverage and cost.”
The Dollar-a-Day policy was designed to help make auto insurance available to drivers who are likely to go uninsured because of limited financial resources. Qualified candidates are limited to those enrolled in Federal Medicaid. Low-income drivers who do not have Medicaid should consider the Basic Policy, which offers minimum limits of liability and Personal Injury Protection coverage, as well as coverage for damage to another driver’s car in the event of an accident. New Jerseyans have bought more than 25,278 Basic Policies since its inception and more than 4,000 this year alone.
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