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什麽是傘險?要不要買傘險?買多少?(2024年2月29壬日更新)

(2018-04-29 19:39:00) 下一個

The fundamental purpose of an umbrella insurance is to protect your asset in the event of being sued.  An umbrella insurance policy is extra liability insurance coverage that goes beyond the limits of the insured's home and auto insurance.

Based on the umbrella insurance policy definition, almost every family needs an umbrella insurance to protect their assets in the event of being sued by other people for the amount exceeding the original insurance policy coverage. 

For example, if you have a car and you were involved in an accident, you hit someone, that person sued you for $1M and your auto insurance only covers up to $300K.  At this time, your umbrella insurance will help to protect your asset and the policy will cover the judgement.

How much coverage do I need for an umbrella insurance policy?  The rule of thumb is to add all your asset up excluding your 401(k) retirement accounts since they are shield from liability lawsuits,and also minus your home and car insurance policies' liability coverage amounts.  The remaining figure of your asset should be the coverage amount of your umbrella insurance. 

Since I wrote this blog in 2018, the assets of my targeted families have been risen a quite bit.  In this case, a family with 5 million asset excluding the above mentioned numbers, I would buy an umbrella policy with 2 or 3 million coverage.

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hhtt 回複 悄悄話 回複 'Andy-MM' 的評論 : 謝謝來訪!你講的孩子資產是什麽?傘險是保護你的資產!和孩子的資產沒有關係!
Andy-MM 回複 悄悄話 請教一下這個add all your asset up中的asset包括kids的asset嗎?謝謝
hhtt 回複 悄悄話 回複 'XU1888' 的評論 : 不會,401K有資產保護條例。
XU1888 回複 悄悄話 如果有人被訴,沒有買umbrella insurance policy,401k 賬戶裏的財產也會被算進資產,拿出來賠償嗎?謝謝
hhtt 回複 悄悄話 回複 '螺絲螺帽' 的評論 :

Umbrella insurance is for managing your risk. I can not convince you to buy the coverage to insure all your asset. I am talking about net asset. If you are ok with someone suing you for all your asset and judgement is against you, and you end up losing everything you own except your 2M coverage. We can agree and disagree.
螺絲螺帽 回複 悄悄話 當然, 做生意, 做醫生。。。特別容易被訴的不在我上麵2M範圍
螺絲螺帽 回複 悄悄話 我不同意你這點。
“The total figure of your asset should be the coverage amount of your umbrella insurance.”

通常有問題的話, 2M應該可以搞定了, 沒有必要再多買吧
hhtt 回複 悄悄話 謝謝來訪。
yy56 回複 悄悄話 第一次聽說,謝謝這麽全麵的介紹。
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