Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 1025
Insurance Requirements - Proof of Coverage
Effective Nov 1, 2017Laws 2015, HB 1614, c. 279, § 16, emerg. eff. July 1, 2015; Amended by Laws 2017, SB 631, c. 290, § 2, eff. November 1, 2017 (superseded document available).
A. On or before July 1, 2015, and thereafter, a transportation network company driver or TNC on the TNC driver’s behalf shall maintain primary automobile insurance that recognizes that the driver is a TNC driver or otherwise uses a vehicle to transport passengers for compensation and covers the driver:
- 1. While the driver is both logged on to and available to receive transportation requests on the TNC’s digital network; or
- 2. While the driver is engaged in providing prearranged rides.
B. The following automobile insurance requirements shall apply while a TNC driver is both logged on to the TNC’s digital network and available to receive transportation requests but is not engaged in prearranged rides:
- 1. Primary automobile liability insurance in the amount of at least Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for death and bodily injury per person, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for death and bodily injury per incident, and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for property damage;
- 2. Uninsured motorist coverage where not waived pursuant to Section 3636 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
3. The coverage requirements of this subsection may be satisfied by any of the following:
- a. automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver,
- b. automobile insurance maintained by the TNC, or
- c. any combination of subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph.
C. The following automobile insurance requirements shall apply while a TNC driver is engaged in a prearranged ride:
- 1. Primary automobile liability insurance that provides at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for death, bodily injury, and property damage;
- 2. Uninsured motorist coverage where not waived pursuant to Section 3636 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
3. The coverage requirements of this subsection may be satisfied by any of the following:
- a. automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver,
- b. automobile insurance maintained by the TNC, or
- c. any combination of subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph.
- D. If insurance maintained by a TNC driver in subsection B or C of this section has lapsed or does not provide the required coverage, insurance maintained by a TNC shall provide the coverage required by this section beginning with the first dollar of a claim and have the duty to defend such claim.
- E. Coverage under an automobile insurance policy maintained by the TNC shall not be dependent on a personal automobile insurer first denying a claim nor shall a personal automobile insurance policy be required to first deny a claim.
- F. Insurance required by this section may be placed with an insurer authorized to do business in this state or with a surplus lines insurer eligible under Section 1100 et seq. of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
- G. Insurance satisfying the requirements of this section shall be deemed to satisfy the financial responsibility requirement for a motor vehicle under Chapter 7 of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Code of Section 7-101 et seq. of this title, while the TNC driver is logged into the network.
- H. A TNC driver shall carry proof of coverage satisfying subsections B and C of this section with him or her at all times during his or her use of a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company’s digital network. Proof of coverage may be presented in electronic format. In the event of an accident, a TNC driver shall provide this insurance coverage information to the directly interested parties, automobile insurers and investigating police officers, upon request pursuant to Section 7-102 et seq. of this title. Upon such request, a TNC driver shall also disclose to directly interested parties, automobile insurers, and investigating police officers whether he or she was logged on to the TNC’s digital network or on a prearranged ride at the time of an accident
Laws 2015, HB 1614, c. 279, § 16, emerg. eff. July 1, 2015; Amended by Laws 2017, SB 631, c. 290, § 2, eff. November 1, 2017 (superseded document available).