§ 48.115.025 — Restrictions on offer, sale, or solicitation—Consumer information.

Washington § 48.115.025

• Jurisdiction: Washington
• Title 48: INSURANCE
• Ch. 48.115: RENTAL CAR INSURANCE

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Insurance may not be offered, sold, or solicited under this section, unless:

(1) The rental period of the rental car agreement is thirty consecutive days or less;

(2) At every location where rental agreements are executed, the rental car insurance producer or endorsee provides brochures or other written materials to each renter who purchases rental car insurance that clearly, conspicuously, and in plain language:

(a) Summarize, clearly and correctly, the material terms, exclusions, limitations, and conditions of coverage offered to renters, including the identity of the insurer;

(b) Describe the process for filing a claim in the event the renter elects to purchase coverage, including a toll-free telephone number to report a claim;

(c) Provide the rental car insurance producer's name, address, telephone number, and license number, as well as the commissioner's consumer hotline number;

(d) Inform the consumer that the rental car insurance offered, sold, or solicited by the rental car insurance producer may provide a duplication of coverage already provided by a renter's personal automobile insurance policy, homeowners' insurance policy, or by another source of coverage;

(e) Inform the consumer that the purchase by the renter of the rental car insurance is not required in order to rent a rental car from the rental car insurance producer; and

(f) Inform the consumer that the rental car insurance producer and the rental car insurance producer's endorsees are not qualified to evaluate the adequacy of the renter's existing insurance coverages;

(3) The purchaser of rental car insurance acknowledges in writing the receipt of the brochures or written materials required by subsection (2) of this section;

(4) Evidence of the rental car insurance coverage is stated on the face of the rental agreement;

(5) All costs for the rental car insurance are separately itemized in the rental agreement;

(6) When the rental car insurance is not the primary source of coverage, the consumer is informed in writing in the form required by subsection (2) of this section that their personal insurance will serve as the primary source of coverage; and

(7) For transactions conducted by electronic means, the rental car insurance producer must comply with the requirements of this section, and the renter must acknowledge in writing or by electronic signature the receipt of the following disclosures:

(a) The insurance policies offered by the rental car insurance producer may provide a duplication of coverage already provided by a renter's personal automobile insurance policy, homeowners' insurance policy, or by another source of coverage;

(b) The purchase by the renter of rental car insurance is not required in order to rent a rental car from the rental car insurance producer; and

(c) The rental car insurance producer and the rental car insurance producer's endorsees are not qualified to evaluate the adequacy of the renter's existing insurance coverages.

Severability — Effective date — 2008 c 217: See notes following RCW 48.03.020 .

Legislative History

[2008 c 217 s 90;2002 c 273 s 6.]