Under an unendorsed personal auto policy, a hit-and-run vehicle counts as an uninsured motor vehicle when:
Explanation
The unendorsed definition contemplates a vehicle whose driver and owner cannot be identified and which strikes the insured, a family member or the covered auto; many states broaden this so a no-contact phantom vehicle qualifies when there is corroborating evidence. Reporting to the police is a duty the insured owes, not the test of what the vehicle is. A vehicle with low but real limits is an underinsured motorist question.
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