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Gap Insurance A Financial Safety Belt



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hy is gap insurance           consider the car to be worth its  
considered as a financial     original price. They also play    
safety belt? Simply put,      with numbers, interest rates,     
it keeps you from being               taxes and license fees. Then they 
financially ruined when disaster      come up with the amount of        
hits your car. For example you        $38,000. This is the amount that  
are in this situation, you bought     you need to pay them. If the auto 
a late-model car three months ago     insurance company releases the    
using a car loan with a regular       $25,000, where will you get the   
car insurance. The car costs          remaining $7,000? Your car is     
$30,000 and you have already made     already a wreck but you still owe 
three payments of $900 each           the finance company.              
month. Then, disaster strikes. An                                       
electric post falls and slams         You need not face such a dilemma  
down on your car. The car was         if you have a gap insurance. With 
flattened to half its height.         the gap insurance, you can ignore 
                                      the difference between the amount 
Immediately, you reported it to       covered by the regular car        
the auto insurance company, which     insurance and the amount you owed 
they in turn play with numbers,       the car loan company. This        
mileage, depreciation, market         difference is called a "gap" and  
values, and other related stuff.      the gap insurance bridges it so   
After a couple of days, the           that you need not rack your head  
adjustor informs you that the         for additional financial          
worth of your car at the time of      resources.                        
the accident is $25,000. This is                                        
the amount that the auto              A car lease contract must also    
insurance company will provide        have a gap insurance. It is a     
you. But the finance company that     feature that prevents you from    
gave you the loan will still          draining all your finances. Some  



dealers who lease cars don't          your monthly bill. A gap          
offer a gap insurance. This is        insurance, for it to be           
okay as long as they include a        recognized, must be accompanied   
"gap waiver" in their lease           with comprehensive insurance      
contract. This waiver declares        policies that cover collision.    
that you are no longer                                                  
responsible for gap charges that      Sometimes, a gap insurance may no 
may occur when your leased car is     longer be needed if the terms in  
wrecked.                              your regular auto insurance       
                                      policy indicated that the company 
When you get a gap insurance,         will pay off the full amount you  
determine how much is offered in      owed from the car loan lender.    
the gap policy. You should also       

                              
know how much will be added to        






About the Author:

Peter Garant is writing articles about bad credit for his credit repair kits blog and articles about car loans for his family finance site.

Source: www.isnare.com


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