Rental Car Reimbursement Coverage Can be a Tough Call

If you have ever wrangled with the various options on an insurance policy, you may have wondered whether to add rental-reimbursement coverage. This is insurance that pays for the cost of a rental car - all of it, or up to some limit - while your own car is being repaired. Unfortunately, there is no across-the-board answer to whether or not to buy this coverage. Instead, it's a cost-benefit analysis where you have to do your best to weigh out the various buckets of money now, money later, and the risks.