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**Chris** · 04-08-2025, 16:22

The best way round that is to arrange hire via an online broker like Easycar because the hire companies know the broker will sell you insurance, and send you the certificate on an email that plainly states you should not also by insurance from the hirer. Or, just stand your ground, because the hirer’s own website makes clear the insurance is optional. It isn’t legal car insurance anyway, just a damage waiver to cover you for the enormous uninsured excess they charge for damage, which with some hirers be up to £2,000 or more.

The hirer has no legal right to demand you buy insurance, because the car is legally insured and drivable whether you take out a policy or not. They may however just try it on with a customer who looks like they don’t know what they’re doing.

04-08-2025, 16:22	#6
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,112	Re: Car rental with hertz The best way round that is to arrange hire via an online broker like Easycar because the hire companies know the broker will sell you insurance, and send you the certificate on an email that plainly states you should not also by insurance from the hirer. Or, just stand your ground, because the hirer’s own website makes clear the insurance is optional. It isn’t legal car insurance anyway, just a damage waiver to cover you for the enormous uninsured excess they charge for damage, which with some hirers be up to £2,000 or more. The hirer has no legal right to demand you buy insurance, because the car is legally insured and drivable whether you take out a policy or not. They may however just try it on with a customer who looks like they don’t know what they’re doing.