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Car insurance or proof of ability to pay for damages caused is required in every state. Business owners need to decide how best to make sure they and the business are protected when using a rented car for business purposes.
For a majority of drivers, the insurance they have for their own cars usually provides sufficient cover for the typical rental vehicle. This, however, is for personal pleasure purposes and does not cover a car that is rented for business purposes.
Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) or Loss Damage Waiver (LDW)- This waiver relieves the renter of any financial toronto airport hotels responsibility in case a rented vehicle is damaged in an accident , by vandalism, toronto airport hotels or is stolen.
Personal Accident Insurance (PAI)- This pays for medical expenses of all the occupants of the rented vehicle. This is really not needed as most of the renting firms are already covered by personal health policies or travel policies.
Personal Effects Coverage (PEC)- This policy pays in case personal belongings inside the rented vehicle are damaged or stolen. Once again, toronto airport hotels this duplicates coverage already provided by majority toronto airport hotels of the renters under their own insurance policies. CBS News discusses the wisdom of this type of coverage here .
It is a common sales pitch for the auto rental companies to ask if you want to protect yourself in case of an accident. The fact of the matter is that CDW is as expensive as the coverage, it is paid for on a daily basis, and it is not insurance in the true sense of the word. That s not to say it does not have value.
In most cases, the contract signed requires toronto airport hotels the renter to pay for all lost revenue. This means that you may have to pay for the losses incurred by the insurance company while the vehicle was being repaired.
Additionally, you may be charged for diminution of value . This is the loss of value of the vehicle due to the accident. The company renting the car has your credit card information and these charges will just be added to the bill.
So who pays those? Does the business pay it or do they come out of your own pocket? If the company picks up the tab for deductible there is still the issue of your personal premiums going up for a number of years due to an accident. Also, your own insurance may not cover all the charges toronto airport hotels that the car rental company puts on the bill.
When you rent a car using a personal or business credit card, the credit card company provides insurance for car rentals. Here again there are issues and rules on what is covered and what is not covered. These vary from credit card to credit card and from the various banks issuing the cards. You can read Nerd Wallet s blog on whether or not this is a good idea.
Most of the time, credit card companies only provide secondary cover. This means that you must file a claim with your own company before the credit card company pays anything. Unless you want to use one of the few cards that provide primary coverage (where an accident does not have to be reported to your own insurance company to get paid) for your business car rental, you are stuck with your primary provider s coverage.
You need for insurance on your business rental car is going to be situation specific. A well informed business traveler may be better off by just buying CDW or renting a car with a credit card that has primary coverage. This way, your own insurance does not come into the picture at all.
Some cards automatically have free primary CDW coverage up to a specified limit, while other types of cards offer special packages. These packages allow you to be covered with CDW for up to 42 days per rental by paying an amount that is roughly equal to the amount you would pay a car rental company per day. Other cards allow you to convert their secondary CDW coverage to primary car insurance coverage by paying extra.
When CDW, LDW or physical damage waiver is taken, the car rental company gives up the right to recover losses toronto airport hotels from the renters. Just remember toronto airport hotels that damage toronto airport hotels to someone else's vehicle is not included. It is essential that sufficient toronto airport hotels car rental business insurance is in place to protect all parties involved in an accident. When renting a vehicle for business purposes, it is important toronto airport hotels to be informed toronto airport hotels and if in doubt, toronto airport hotels better to have the insurance than regret it later.