Auto Insurance in Texas

Auto Insurance Requirements in Texas

Texas requires 30/60/25 auto liability ($30,000 per person bodily injury, $60,000 per accident, $25,000 property damage). Texas is an at-fault state using modified-comparative-negligence with a 51% bar. UM/UIM is not mandatory but insurers must OFFER it and drivers must reject it in writing. With roughly 1 in 8 Texas drivers uninsured, VKOVR strongly recommends UM/UIM at 100/300 or higher, particularly across Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and I-35/I-10/I-45 commuter and freight corridors. Standard homeowners insurance in Texas covers wind, hail, and fire but typically carries a 1–2% wind/hail percentage deductible — often thousands of dollars on a full loss across hail-prone DFW, the I-35 corridor, and the Panhandle. Flood is excluded; NFIP or private flood is essential for Gulf Coast storm surge, Harris County flash flooding (Buffalo Bayou, White Oak Bayou), Hill Country flash flooding, and Trinity/Brazos river exposure. TWIA provides windstorm/hail coverage in 14 designated coastal counties where standard carriers will not write the peril, and the Texas FAIR Plan backstops fire/perils where admitted markets decline. Coverage A should track Texas's elevated post-2020 rebuild costs. Texas is the only U.S. state where workers' compensation is optional for most private employers. Employers who opt out ("non-subscribers") lose the exclusive-remedy shield and can be sued directly for negligence, typically buying occupational-accident and employer liability coverage in its place. Energy (Permian Basin oil and gas), logistics (DFW inland ports, Houston Ship Channel), tech (Austin semiconductors, Samsung Taylor, Dallas corporate relocations), healthcare (Texas Medical Center, UT Southwestern), and construction drive distinctive Texas commercial pricing; general liability, commercial auto, inland marine, and cyber matter broadly, and the non-subscriber decision is one of the most consequential TX risk-management choices an employer makes.