Fleet Insurance

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).

Developments in Negligent Entrustment Law

By Michael LaPlaca, June 2010 in Fleet Insurance, Rental Operations

Are increases in negligent entrustment lawsuits a result of injured plaintiffs blocked by the Graves Amendment?

What’s Your Big Idea?

By Chris Brown , June 2010 in Fleet Insurance, Rental Operations, Remarketing

At the 2010 Car Rental Show, Jim Tennant of the Tennant Group held a profit idea session in which six products, services and ideas were presented that operators could bring home and employ in their businesses. Seminar attendees voted on the best idea. The winner, Sarah Romanowski of Ride Share Systems LLC, received a free pass to a future Car Rental Show. These six concepts could reduce expense and boost your bottom line.

Car Rental Show 2010: Right-sized for the Future

By Chris Brown , May 2010 in Fleet Acquisition, Fleet Insurance, Legislative, Rental Operations, Remarketing

As the industry emerges from the recession, auto rental executives, operators and other professionals met at this year’s show ready to tackle the issues of fleet financing, lifecycle management, remarketing, utilization and no-show fees.

Hertz Corporation Joins the National Insurance Crime Bureau

March 17, 2010 in Fleet Insurance

By working with the NICB, Hertz will have access to real-time vehicle location/recovery data, reduced financial exposure to impound lot vehicle depreciation and vandalism and international vehicle interdiction expertise.

Third Party Offers Consumers Rental Coverage

March 10, 2010 in Fleet Insurance

Insurance company is now offering coverages in Europe at discounted rates before renters get to the counter.

Purco v. Koenig and Its loss of Use Implications

By Chris Brown, March 2010 in Fleet Insurance, Legislative

A Colorado Appellate Court clears the way for recovery of loss of use damages and administrative fees.

Man Able to Recover Damages from Injuries Caused by Substitute Driver

December 9, 2009 in Fleet Insurance, Legislative

Court rules for plaintiff, even though his rental car contract excluded other drivers.

Does Loss of Use Require Proof of Lost Revenue?

By Michael LaPlaca, November 2009 in Fleet Insurance, Legislative

A Florida Supreme Court case regarding damaged underground telephone cables threatens to rewrite some state laws and run roughshod over car rental loss of use claims.