Tag: compensation for damage
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Utility workers will be penalized with insurance for cars damaged by snow and trees
A bill on the so-called municipal MTPL has been submitted to the State Duma. The goal is to require utility companies to out-of-court compensate car owners for damage to cars damaged by trees and ice. Why is this necessary, the Avtovzglyad portal discovered. At the beginning of winter or after bad weather, social networks are…
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Freezing cold: why is it easier to drive in snowfall than to park?
Winter precipitation is almost always unexpected, especially for utilities. It is precisely this circumstance that most often justifies their flat tires when clearing snow. For motorists, driving at such times is much less of a problem than parking. “Record snowfall” is more common in the European part of Russia. Almost a week goes by without…
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Circus with horses: why did Russian car dealers sue Renault
Renault, as we well remember, ceased operations in Russia in May 2022. Exactly a year and a half have passed since then and now some former dealers of the French brand have filed a lawsuit against it. The portal “AvtoVzglyad” reflects on the winding paths along which our separation from former European partners is taking…
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The Central Bank will adjust prices for MTPL policies in the short term
The Bank of Russia plans to establish new pricing rules for MTPL policies for up to three months. Insurers are forced to apply a reduction factor for the term of the contract. The changes should enter into force in March 2024. As Kommersant reports with reference to the Central Bank’s draft instructions, the cost of…
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Insurers had to electronically compensate losses under mandatory motorcycle liability insurance
From January 2025, all insurance companies in Russia are obliged to reimburse losses under mandatory motorcycle liability insurance on their website or application. They can do this now, but only on a voluntary basis. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta reminds, drivers can currently offset their losses under the Europrotocol through the State Services and the State Services…
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They’ll Make You Guilty: Why It’s Necessary to Post an Emergency Sign After an Accident
After a traffic accident, most drivers think that the worst and most dangerous things are behind them. In fact, this is far from the case. The Supreme Court explained how the participant in the accident cannot be assigned “no additional blame” at a time when the problems are prima facie over. The accident that became…
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Why did the MTPL policy price increase by 25%?
The new economic reality is hitting Russians quite painfully: today literally everything is becoming more expensive, especially in the automotive sector. And as for the latter, it comes to paradoxes: the number of car owners who bought an MTPL policy in the first half of this year doubled despite the fact that the “motor citizen”…
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The average payment under compulsory motor insurance in September broke a new record
In September this year, the average payout under compulsory motorcycle liability insurance set a new record: 99.4 thousand rubles. The average payment over nine months was 87.2 thousand rubles, which is 16.7% higher than the average payment over January-September last year. According to the press service of the RSA, citing the association’s chairman Evgeny Ufimtsev,…
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It was proposed to “cover” damage to cars due to potholes and snowdrifts under the MTPL policy
Yaroslav Nilov, member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy, has developed a bill that expands the scope of the MTPL policy. He proposed adding to the “automobile civil code” damage to cars due to potholes, snowdrifts, icicles, trees and other similar “conditions.” The bill has not yet been submitted to the…
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Why and how Russia punishes law-abiding motorists instead of pedestrian violators
The owner of the car is responsible for being a car owner – this is approximately how the Supreme Court interpreted one of the most unfair articles of the Russian Civil Code. An innocent motorist had to pay for the suicidal act of an injured pedestrian. A complaint has been filed for hearing in the…