Tuesday 14 June 2016

Half of Quebec’s Uber drivers don’t tell their insurers

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Half of Quebec’s Uber drivers don’t tell their insurers


Airbnb hosts are just as bad


The Canadian Press on June 14, 2016


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Nearly half (44 percent) of Quebec residents who drive for Uber or rent out their homes through Airbnb don’t share that information with their insurer, a new survey from the Chambre d’assurance de dommages in Montreal found.

The survey also revealed a quarter of those who drive for hire or rent out their homes get into an accident or need to make a claim, which aren’t always covered by their insurance company.


If a policyholder doesn’t fully inform their insurer of their activities and the non-disclosure results in a material change of risk, the insurer may be under no obligation to honour the policy, the IBC points out.


Just over a fifth (21 percent) of the 18-24 age group participate in the sharing economy, compared to 13 percent among the 25-34 cohort.


The Chambre d’assurance de dommanges polled 1,004 Quebec adults from May 16-18, 2016.


Translated by CI Top Broker staff


 


 



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