Section 159A 1/2:5 - Insurance requirements(a) Each transportation network company shall carry adequate insurance, as required by this chapter and section 228 of chapter 175, for each vehicle being used to provide transportation network services through a transportation network company's digital network.(b) A transportation network driver shall carry adequate insurance for each vehicle being used to provide transportation network services in association with a transportation network driver's certificate and shall carry proof of adequate insurance, as required by section 228 of chapter 175, at all times while providing transportation network services. In the event of an incident giving rise to personal injury or property damage, a transportation network driver shall provide insurance coverage information to directly interested parties, automobile insurers and law enforcement. Upon request, a transportation network driver shall disclose to directly interested parties, automobile drivers, automobile insurers and law enforcement whether the driver was providing transportation network services at the time of the incident.(c) Automobile liability insurance providers offering coverage to a transportation network company or transportation network driver to comply with subsection (a) or (b) shall recognize that a driver is a transportation network driver who uses a vehicle to transport riders for compensation and cover the driver while the driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network or while the driver is engaged in a pre-arranged ride.(d) A transportation network company shall disclose, in writing, to a prospective transportation network driver, before certifying the driver to provide transportation network services through the transportation network company's digital network: (i) the insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage, that the transportation network company provides while the transportation network driver provides transportation network services; and (ii)a statement that the transportation network driver's own automobile insurance policy may not provide coverage while the driver is providing transportation network services, depending on the terms of the policy.(e) In a claims coverage investigation, a transportation network company, a transportation network driver and an insurer responding to a claim involving transportation network services shall disclose to each other a clear description of the coverage, exclusions and limits provided under an automobile insurance policy maintained under this section and shall cooperate to facilitate the exchange of relevant information with directly involved parties including, but not limited to, the precise times that a transportation network driver logged on and off of the transportation network company's digital network in the 12-hour period immediately preceding and in the 12-hour period immediately following the accident.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159A 1/2, § 5
Added by Acts 2016, c. 187,§ 4, eff. 11/3/2016.