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Confusion Over US Auto Rental Insurance Can Cost UK Travelers Big Bucks

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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Mitchell Partners with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Improve End-to-end Vehicle Workflow

Mitchell International and Enterprise announce partnership to integrate services for auto repair management and insurance claims management.

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Europcar Reports Frequent Damages to Vehicles with Few Purchasing CDW

Of its UK fleet, 90 percent of vehicles had some kind of damage in 2010, including small chips and cracks.

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Insurance Headwinds: What’s in Store for Car Rental?

The recession has had a positive effect on insurance rates for car rental companies. But will it last?

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Resolving a 'Mexican Insurance Scam'

Renter booking a car for a Cancun trip ends up paying more than triple the rental cost in insurance.

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Edmunds.com Names Cars and Trucks with Lowest Insurance Costs

Rankings are based on five-year projections for all models across five vehicle segments.

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New York Senate Passes Anti-Steering Legislation Against Auto Insurers

The bill prohibits auto insurers from requiring the insured to use designated rental vehicle companies or locations.

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Running a Rental Business Without Owning a Fleet

Welcome to peer-to-peer renting, the new neighborhood car rental.

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What’s Your Big Idea?

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.

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Hertz Corporation Joins the National Insurance Crime Bureau

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.

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The federal government means business with its new law banning cell phone use while driving commercial vehicles. Can the laws go even further, and how should fleets react?

Righting a Wrong in Arizona

Arizona is one of a super minority of states in which auto rental companies are required by statute to pay for the negligent acts of their renters. Look for new legislation in the coming weeks that proposes to change that.

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