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Car Insurance limits of cover

It's a theoretical question about third party car insurance cover
What would be the case if I through my fault did a vast amount of damage worth 10s or 100s of millions. Does some sort of limit kick in and I go bankrupt, or does Lloyds have a bad year?

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  • mattk_180
    mattk_180 Posts: 375 Forumite
    Regardless of what level of cover you have, most (possibly all?) policies come with limits of £20m third party property damage and unlimited third party injury.


    What would happen if you caused over £20m of property damage with your car? I'm not sure but I dread to think how could knock down a very large, very expensive building with a car.
  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,607 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Are you insuring a tank? Better get comprehensive
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
  • shoi
    shoi Posts: 169 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks. I was chatting with someone in the USA, where apparently you can get insurance with just 50K third party cover. Shocking.
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