{"id":492,"date":"2021-09-18T20:42:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-is-gap-insurance-and-what-does-it-cover\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:54:02","slug":"what-is-gap-insurance-and-what-does-it-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-gap-insurance-and-what-does-it-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Gap Insurance and What Does it Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/car-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Car accidents<\/a> | September 18, 2021<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/what-is-gap-insurance-and-what-does-it-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Do you need Gap Insurance?\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anybody who owns a vehicle understands that they have to have insurance before they can legally drive it on the roadways of Illinois and throughout the US. When most people think of vehicle insurance, they think of personal injury liability and property damage liability. Perhaps uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage comes to mind. However, many people are also required to have \u201cguaranteed asset protection\u201d or GAP insurance policies on their vehicles. Here, our <a href=\"\/chicago-personal-injury-attorney\/\">Chicago personal injury lawyers<\/a> want to look at what GAP insurance is and what it can do to help if you are involved in an accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explaining Gap Insurance for Vehicles<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-gap-insurance-and-what-does-it-cover\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What is Gap Insurance and What Does it Cover?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents | September 18, 2021 Anybody who owns a vehicle understands that they have to have insurance before they can legally drive it on the roadways of Illinois and throughout the US. When most people think of vehicle insurance, they think of personal injury liability and property damage liability. 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