Supplemental Liability Insurance | Budget Car Rental

If you elect to purchase SLI, coverage will be provided to you and any authorized driver under an excess automobile policy issued to BUDGET. SLI provides protection for third party automobile claims for the difference between the minimum financial responsibility limits provided under Applicable Law and a maximum combined single limit of liability of $500,000 in all states depending on the jurisdiction of rental for bodily injury, death or property damage for each accident. This coverage is provided under a policy of excess liability insurance more fully described in the available brochure and is subject to all of the terms, conditions and limitations described in the Rental Terms and Conditions , except that notwithstanding anything contained in the Rental Terms and Conditions, the terms of the policy will at all times control. SLI does not apply to liability for bodily injury or property damage arising out of any "prohibited use of the car" as described in the Rental Terms and Conditions of the Agreement, all of which are exclusions to SLI. Other exclusions to SLI are listed in the SLI policy. You understand that you will be charged the rate per day for a full day even if you don’t have the car for the entire day. 

 

What is supplemental Liability Insurance (SLI)?

BUDGET has supplemental Liability Insurance (SLI) available at all Florida locations. SLI is a special optional service offered by BUDGET when you rent a car from BUDGET. It’s an "Excess Automobile Liability Insurance Policy" that provides additional liability insurance, within specified limits, above the limits provided in the Agreement. SLI insures you, and authorized operators as defined in the Agreement against claims made by third parties against you, the customer, for bodily injury/death and property damage caused by the use or operation of a BUDGET rental car as permitted in the Agreement. SLI is a separate insurance policy issued to BUDGET by Empire Fire And Marine Insurance Company in the following states, CA, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, ME, MD, MT, NH, NY, PA, P.R. and WA and by ACE American Insurance Company in all other states. If you elect to accept SLI, you will pay an additional daily charge as shown on the Agreement. 

 

What are the coverage limits provided by SLI?

The SLI coverage limits equal the difference between the SLI maximum $500,000 combined single limit in all states and the liability protection limits provided under the BUDGET rental agreement. 

 

How does SLI affect the application of your automobile or umbrella insurance policy?

Your personal insurance policy providing coverage on an owned automobile, or other personal policy, may provide additional coverage, and to that extent, SLI may provide a duplication of coverage. Whether, at what point and to what extent your own policies apply can only be determined by checking the terms of the policies themselves as these terms frequently vary. However, the protection afforded by SLI (if SLI is accepted), like the BUDGET rental agreement limits of protection, is primary to your own policies. This means that before your own policies would apply to pay a claim, the $500,000 protection afforded by the combination SLI and the BUDGET rental agreement limits would have to be exhausted.

SLI Coverage in the following states, CA, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, ME, MD, MT, NH, NY, PA, P.R. and WA is underwritten by Empire Fire And Marine Insurance Company, 1299 Zurich Way, Schaumburg, IL 60196, 1-800-987-3373. Specific terms, conditions and exclusions may be different where required by state law. Details are available in the Certificate of Insurance (or Policy in certain states) on file with BUDGET which is available for your inspection upon request.

 

What exclusions apply to SLI?

The following highlights some of the exclusions that would preclude SLI. It is important that you read the rental document and the policy carefully for all exclusions.

• Any Prohibited Use of the Car as described in the Rental Terms and Conditions

• Bodily injury to or Property Damage to any Insured; nor, to the extent permitted by law in the state where the rental document is signed at time of rental/where the car is rented, to Bodily Injury or Property Damage to any person who is related to any Insured by blood, marriage or adoption and residing in the same household. 

 

How do I report a claim? If you are involved in an accident, you must complete an accident report and deliver it to the Budget rental location. To make a claim or give notice of a claim, send written notice to: Budget Rent A Car System, LLC. Attn: Claims, P.O. Box 61247 Virginia Beach, VA 23466 and call 866-446-8376 or email: callcentershared@fleetresponse.com.

 

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