Car Hire Insurance: Smarter Alternatives

UPDATE (November 2011): Please note that it has been brought to our attention one of our previously recommended providers Insurance4CarHire has stopped offering their policies to non-EEA (European Economic Area) residents. Thankfully, Worldwide Insure policies are still available. iCarHireInsurance has also limited their offerings, with their worldwide policy now only available to residents of UK, EU, Australia, USA and Canada. For more details, see the section below on car hire insurance providers.

Car hire excess insurance is an expensive business but we’ll tell you how to save big time. In fact, getting the right car rental protection could cut your costs by $100s.

We’ve revamped this page by popular demand to provide all the information you need to ensure you are well covered and also added a few recommendations for campervan hire insurance. Read more