I’ve previously written blogs about “step-down” provisions often included in automobile insurance policies.   Such a provision is usually included in the “fine print” section of the policy.  It applies to injured claimants who are a named insured under another policy.  The step-down clause steps the available uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage down to the policy limits of the injured person’s own policy.  For example, if John Doe has a personal automobile insurance policy with uninsured/underinsured coverage in the amount of $15,000 but is injured in a car crash while driving a dump truck owned by his employer, he is limited to his own $15,000 policy if the offending driver is uninsured or also has a limited policy.  This is true even if John Doe is catastrophically injured and the dump truck carries $5,000,000 in coverage.  A step-down clause on the dump truck’s coverage will step down the available benefits to John Doe’s $15,000 policy.
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