Insurance claim question

They should either pay for your downtime for a rental truck

 

Agreed, It is more likely they will pay for a truck rental for the time yours is in the shop. Shouldn't need an additional claim, add it to the current one.

 

Yep gather up all your info and break it down to show how a day you are doing
Let them know ahead of time about this

 

Agreed
When I got backed in to in Winchester va. last October the insurance company paid for my damages off the estimate and then paid me a lost revenue payment.
The lost revenue was for down time while the truck was being fixed.
On a little side note if someone hits you and claims full responsibility try not to give out any of your insurance info if you don't absolutely have to.
Even though you have no fault what so ever you insurance company can hold it against you that you were involved in an accident.
When I was backed in to I withheld all my insurance info because I was in the sleeper at the time of the accident and not at fault.
The other drivers insurance paid and they had no knowledge of who my insurance co. Was.

 

When I worked in the office of a trucking company, if one of their trucks was put out of commission, they would back charge the the offending party's ins co $650 a day.

 

How would one who is involved in a road accident where it's obvious the other person caused it, withhold providing ins information?

 

Agreed that they could look you up on the dot safer site but the idea is to keep your insurance company fat dumb and happy sort of speak.
Fly under the radar when you can........

 

When my truck got totaled I did not have to say a word about my own insurance.

Agreed with the others on losses that are piling on you, file em I say. Add em up.