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Insurance question - rental car
I had rented a car and had listed a friend as an additional driver. When he
was parking - he happened to slightly scratche against another car that was near by. There was a minor scratch on the rented car in the front bumper. On the other car also there was a very minor scratch - no dents. The driver of the other car estimated her damage to be a non-trivial amount and has already reported it to her insurance company. Should my friend/I notify the rental agency? If not notified they are probably not going to notice anything. Should my friend notify his insurance company? Will I be affected in anyway because I was the main 'renter' and my friend was only the additional driver? Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. |
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"Joe" > wrote in message >...
> I had rented a car and had listed a friend as an additional driver. When he > was parking - he happened to slightly scratche against another car that was > near by. There was a minor scratch on the rented car in the front bumper. On > the other car also there was a very minor scratch - no dents. The driver of > the other car estimated her damage to be a non-trivial amount and has > already reported it to her insurance company. Should my friend/I notify the > rental agency? If not notified they are probably not going to notice > anything. Should my friend notify his insurance company? Will I be affected > in anyway because I was the main 'renter' and my friend was only the > additional driver? Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. Of course, you will be affected...depending on whather you bought the optional insurance from the rental or agreed to pay from your pocket. Did you (and your friend) buy liability from the rental or used the insuarnce you guys have on the cars you own. If it is the second case, then your or your friend's insurance comapnay will be footing the bill on the other person's car...but still that perosn's insurance compnay might contact your rectal agency... In any case, when you exchnaged in with that perosn, did you give the info of your car insurance company (assuimign you have a car and you have liability; the same goes for your friend) or did you just give the rental compnay info, i.e you bought liability form your rental comapny. In the later case, that guy's insurance would contact rental's insurance (get ph num via rental, may be) and get them foot the bill. In any case, when you return the car to the rental and they didn't notice anything, and later they get contacted from the that guy's insurance, they can't really come to you and accuse you of that scratch if they didn't notice that it happened during when you rented. |
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Thanks Amanda.
We did not buy liability from the rental co. We met with our insurer today and she advised it is best to file a claim and give anybody who asks the claim number. The rental co did not notice damages. so lets see.. We also did not exchange rental co information with the other driver. Thanks so much again for taking the time to help out. "Amanda" > wrote in message om... > "Joe" > wrote in message >... > > I had rented a car and had listed a friend as an additional driver. When he > > was parking - he happened to slightly scratche against another car that was > > near by. There was a minor scratch on the rented car in the front bumper. On > > the other car also there was a very minor scratch - no dents. The driver of > > the other car estimated her damage to be a non-trivial amount and has > > already reported it to her insurance company. Should my friend/I notify the > > rental agency? If not notified they are probably not going to notice > > anything. Should my friend notify his insurance company? Will I be affected > > in anyway because I was the main 'renter' and my friend was only the > > additional driver? Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. > > Of course, you will be affected...depending on whather you bought the > optional insurance from the rental or agreed to pay from your pocket. > Did you (and your friend) buy liability from the rental or used the > insuarnce you guys have on the cars you own. If it is the second case, > then your or your friend's insurance comapnay will be footing the bill > on the other person's car...but still that perosn's insurance compnay > might contact your rectal agency... > > In any case, when you exchnaged in with that perosn, did you give the > info of your car insurance company (assuimign you have a car and you > have liability; the same goes for your friend) or did you just give > the rental compnay info, i.e you bought liability form your rental > comapny. In the later case, that guy's insurance would contact > rental's insurance (get ph num via rental, may be) and get them foot > the bill. > > In any case, when you return the car to the rental and they didn't > notice anything, and later they get contacted from the that guy's > insurance, they can't really come to you and accuse you of that > scratch if they didn't notice that it happened during when you rented. |
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