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Split limits

Auto liability limits shown as separate amounts per person, per accident, and for property damage.

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Plain definition

Split limits appear on declarations pages as three numbers—such as 100/300/50—meaning bodily injury per person, bodily injury per accident, and property damage per accident. Once a bucket is full, no more liability payment comes from that bucket even if other buckets have room.

Why it matters

One severely injured person can exhaust the per-person limit while other injured parties still compete for the per-accident cap.

Example

Limits 50/100/25: one person’s $75,000 injury may receive only $50,000 from BI; PD pays only up to $25,000 for all vehicles you damage in that crash.

Common misunderstanding

The middle number is not “per person times headcount.” It is the total BI pool for one accident.

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