{"id":243,"date":"2016-05-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=243"},"modified":"2016-12-20T01:58:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T07:58:47","slug":"why-you-need-umbrella-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sauconinsurance.com\/blog\/why-you-need-umbrella-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need Umbrella Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider this &ndash; you are only a few years away from being able to finally retire.&nbsp; You have amassed a nice sized retirement account and you have finally managed to pay off both your home and your car.&nbsp; Added all together, you might have assets that amount to near a million.&nbsp; You have done well for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>One day, as you are driving along, you get into an accident.&nbsp; Thank goodness you aren&rsquo;t hurt badly and the damage that your vehicle sustained is within the coverage limits of your auto insurance.&nbsp; However, the other vehicle was carrying execs from a rather large company.&nbsp; The damage to their vehicle&nbsp;and their bodies is a bit more serious.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling of the court is that you are the responsible party and have to pay for the damages to the other party&rsquo;s vehicle along with their medical expenses and lost wages.&nbsp; The total comes to about a million dollars.&nbsp; Your vehicle insurance will cover around $250,000 but you are left on the hook for the difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are like most people, this could financially ruin you. Unless you happen to have an umbrella insurance policy.&nbsp; This is a type of insurance that will take over when you hit the overage limits of your other insurance policies.&nbsp; In cases like this, it could handle the balance as well as any legal costs.&nbsp; This will save you from losing all of your assets, including your retirement, just because of an accident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember that coverages and policies will vary by state so make sure that you know what you are getting and what it covers.&nbsp; If you are in the Bethlehem, PA area, come on into Saucon Insurance Agency where are friendly and knowledgeable agents are standing by and ready to assist you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider this &ndash; you are only a few years away from being able to finally retire.&nbsp; You have amassed a nice sized retirement account and you have finally managed to pay off both your home and your car.&nbsp; Added all together, you might have assets that amount to near a million.&nbsp; You have done well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Consider this \u2013 you are only a few years away from being able to finally retire. 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