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Recent Publications
Newly published research reports, technical explainers, and source-cited legal summaries from the Daily Driver Advocate library.
Can I Claim on My Car Insurance If I Hit a Wall?
Research on insurance after a vehicle strikes a wall — the collision-coverage versus property-damage-liability split, deductibles, actual-cash-value total-loss limits, the difference when the wall belongs to the driver, California Vehicle Code § 20002 property-damage reporting duties, California DMV SR-1 reporting, and the practical documentation steps before structural repairs begin.
Can I Stay on My Parents’ Car Insurance After 26?
Research on adult children remaining on a parent’s auto policy after 26 — why the age-26 cutoff belongs to health insurance under 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-14(a) and 45 CFR § 147.120, the four-factor domicile test in Workman v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange, 404 Mich 477 (1979) and the three-part residency test in Firemen’s Insurance Co. of Newark v. Viktora, 318 N.W.2d 704 (Minn. 1982), insurable interest and vehicle title, risk-class homogeneity and adverse selection under Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 12, household-driver disclosure guidance from the Texas Department of Insurance and the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, garaging obligations under N.J.S.A. 39:6B-1, rescission exposure under Fla. Stat. § 627.409, Cal. Ins. Code §§ 331 and 359, and N.Y. Ins. Law § 3105, family purpose doctrine liability in Simmons v. Hill, and step-down notice law from Skeete v. Dorvius, 184 N.J. 5 (2005).
Can I Claim for Pothole Damage on My Car Insurance?
Research on claiming pothole damage under auto insurance — the ISO Personal Auto Policy collision definition and road-damage-to-tires exclusion, collision versus comprehensive coverage, deductible math, safe documentation and repair-inspection steps, claim-rating variability, and the separate government-road-damage processes published by Caltrans and PennDOT.
Is Car Insurance Prepaid or Postpaid?
Research on the financial mechanics of auto insurance billing — the condition-precedent doctrine that requires payment before coverage attaches (Hartland v. Progressive County Mutual Insurance), NAIC SSAP No. 53 written/earned/unearned premium accounting and the Unearned Premium Reserve, FASB ASC 944 short-duration contract treatment, why monthly installment plans are still prepaid, pro-rata vs. short-rate cancellation refund math, the 10-15 day statutory notice window and earned-but-uncollected premium, force-placed (CPI) and GAP insurance in auto finance, and the pay-per-mile telematics models that bill a postpaid mileage charge in arrears — including CFPB research on how removing the prepaid barrier increases insurance take-up.
Can I Remove My Spouse From My Car Insurance?
Research on removing a spouse from an auto policy — why the standard Personal Auto Policy form PP 00 01 defines “you” and “your” to include the spouse if a resident of the same household, the three-trigger 90-day clock that runs after a spouse changes residency, the named driver exclusion as the only mechanism that removes a resident spouse and the conditions states attach to it (Cal. Ins. Code § 11580.1(d)(1) including negligent entrustment, Tex. Ins. Code §§ 1952.351–1952.353, Fla. Stat. § 627.747, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1718(c)(2), MCL § 500.3009(2) and its mandatory warning, Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 24-A § 2916-B), the jurisdictions that forbid it (11 NYCRR § 60-1.1(c) with the § 3103(a) reformation rule, N.C. G.S. § 20-309(a2), KRS § 304.39-045, Vermont DFR guidelines), the rescission exposure under Cal. Ins. Code §§ 331 and 359 and N.Y. Ins. Law § 3105 for leaving a spouse off the application, and the domestic-violence confidentiality protections in N.Y. Ins. Law § 2612.