Tagged liability
March 21, 2012 in Legislative
Arizona Senate Bill 1286 would’ve changed the state’s liability insurance coverage laws for motor vehicle rentals to say that a company’s insurance is ‘excess coverage to any other available insurance coverage for any damages and injury caused by a renter.’
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March 7, 2012 in Legislative
HB 2384, if signed by the governor, will regulate insurance and creates disclosure rules in peer-to-peer car sharing.The bill was sent to the state's governor on March 2.
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By Chris Brown , March 2012
On the eve of his peer-to-peer car-sharing company going national, Shelby Clark answers questions on security measures, insurance claims, regulation compliance and changes to the business model.
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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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By Chris Brown , January 2012
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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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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November 2, 2011 in Safety
Several accidents occurred last week involving rental cars. In one case, the rental agency was blamed for not screening its senior customers before renting, but the DMV said the company wasn’t responsible.
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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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September 21, 2011 in Rental Operations
In a case involving a 2002 fatal crash, a Yellowstone County jury rejected negligence and product liability claims against Ford and negligent maintenance claims against Overland West Inc., a licensee of Hertz Rent-a-Car.
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January 27, 2010 in Legislative, Rental Operations
The lawsuit alleges that the rental company supplied a 2006 Ford Expedition that lacked the manufacturer's factory-installed anti-rollover system, which automatically applies the brakes when the vehicle starts to fishtail.
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