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Old Oct 23, 2015 | 12:15 am
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Originally Posted by NYC123

Now, one of the main reasons why this matters is because the insurance companies are good at holding the rental agencies accountable for proving that YOU caused the damage. Often enough, rental agencies (or the third-party claim firms they hire) will just drop the issue when challenged. This happened to me with Hertz at SLC several years ago.
Thank you - that is such a good point it had completely eluded me previously.

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Note in Europe at least you can buy a standalone secondary insurance to cover all excesses for a year for about US$50. As you say chances are if in your own country your existing motor or even Personal insurances cover you anyway.
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