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Whether a small company using an outside insurance company or a large self insured rental company, the fleet insurance channel provides the latest news and insight into Loss Damage Waivers (LDW), Supplemental Loss Insurance (SLI) and Cost Damage Waivers (CDW).
January 23, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Safety
Fox Rent A Car was first reported to have refused a refund to a family whose rental car was bumped by another vehicle off the ferry boat. The company said it did not know at the time of the claim that the family was not at fault, according to the Orange County Register.
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January 18, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Legislative
Currently, Arizona is an outlier state that by statute makes car rental companies primary in all claims and prohibits recoveries through subrogation.
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January 17, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Safety
In Garcia v. Geico General Insurance Co., the 11th circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that even though the driver of the rental car involved in the crash wasn’t the original renter, the insurance company of the driver is still responsible for coverages.
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January 11, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Legislative, Safety
At least two companies have announced expansion to the West Coast state since the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed HB 3149, which made peer-to-peer car sharing in the state legal as of Jan. 1.
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January 5, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Rental Operations
After cracking down on illegal car rental operations in a 2008 campaign, Dubai police said unregistered and uninsured vehicles are still an issue on auto rental lots.
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January 4, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Rental Operations, Safety
HiGear, a peer-to-peer, luxury car-sharing company in San Francisco, announced it is shutting down after a series of vehicles were stolen from customers.
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November 29, 2011 in Fleet Insurance, Safety
Though the person driving the rented vehicle wasn’t the original renter, the court ruled that because the original renter gave permission, the insurance company is still responsible for damages.
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October 19, 2011 in Fleet Insurance
In the U.S., collision damage waivers and liability insurance are upgrades not included in online quote prices if you didn’t know to add them. In a recent survey, 75 percent of UK respondents didn’t know that the insurance and liability coverage were extra add-ons, since these are required and part of the rental pricing in the UK.
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October 11, 2011 in Fleet Insurance, Rental Software
Mitchell International and Enterprise announce partnership to integrate services for auto repair management and insurance claims management.
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January 5, 2011 in Fleet Insurance
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