Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.8 – In a claims coverage investigation, within ten business days of a request for information, a transportation network company and any insurer potentially providing coverage under R.S.
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.8
- Digital network: means any online-enabled application, software, website or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.4
- driver: means a person who receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company, and who uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide a prearranged ride to persons upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.4
- Transportation network company: means a person, whether natural or juridical, that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides, or a person, whether natural or juridical, that provides a technology platform to a transportation network company rider that enables the transportation network company rider to schedule a prearranged ride. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.4
In a claims coverage investigation, within ten business days of a request for information, a transportation network company and any insurer potentially providing coverage under La. Rev. Stat. 45:201.6 shall cooperate to facilitate the exchange of relevant information with directly involved parties and any insurer of the transportation network company driver if applicable, including the precise times that a transportation network company driver logged on and off the transportation network company’s digital network in the twelve-hour period immediately preceding and in the twelve-hour period immediately following the accident and disclose to one another a clear description of the coverage, exclusions, and limits provided under any automobile insurance maintained under La. Rev. Stat. 45:201.6.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.