State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Denise Ferguson

Andrea Foster

Jose Gonzalez

Eric Brown

Michelle Delynn Adler

Ivan D Hall

Billy Simonovich

Josh Schumann

Kevin Scott Lenz

Tracey Herring

Cagatay Azkin

Sanjay Sen

Steve Stought

Matt Ackers

Itobore Odje

Scott Vermeyen

Norma Musciotto

Brian Miller

Chris Sharp

Tarikere Yunus Zereena Parveen

Tarikere Yunus Zareena Parveen

A rental self-service ('RSS') computer system, including a processor and a memory, is provided. The processor is programmed to: (i) verify that a policyholder is eligible to receive a replacement rental; (ii) transmit a customized link to the eligible policyholder; (iii) receive an access request for access of a rental self-service portal, (iv) retrieve policyholder data using information extracted from the customized link; (v) pre-populate a portion of a searchable interface of the rental self-service portal using the retrieved policyholder data; (vi) cause rental vehicle data to be displayed to enable the policyholder to view available rental options and select a vehicle class; (vii) calculate a policyholder cost for renting a selected vehicle class; and (viii) cause to be displayed on the user device (a) the calculated policyholder cost and (b) an option to confirm the rental reservation.

Systems and methods for reserving a replacement rental vehicle

A rental self-service ('RSS') computer system for enabling a policyholder of an automobile insurance policy to initiate an insurance replacement rental reservation after submission of an initial loss claim is provided. The RSS computer system includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is programmed to: (i) retrieve policyholder insurance data from an insurance provider database using a claim identifier associated with the initial loss claim submission, and a policyholder identifier associated with the policyholder; (ii) verify that the policyholder is eligible to receive an insurance replacement rental; (iii) cause to be displayed on a user device associated with the policyholder a searchable interface configured to enable the policyholder to search for at least one vendor location; (iv) receive a selected vehicle class inputted by the policyholder; (v) calculate a policyholder cost; (vi) display a cost summary; and (vii) receive confirmation of a rental reservation request.

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Roswell, GA, United States of America

Denise Ferguson