SECURA’s towing and labor service
No one plans to leave the house and have their car break down, but it happens and getting stranded can be stressful and unnerving, not to mention inconvenient. Roadside Rescuer, SECURA’s towing and labor services minimizes the frustration and inconvenience of being stranded on the road. Feel confident that you have the help you need, no matter where or when.
Even when you’re traveling in vehicles you don’t own, you can use Roadside Rescuer’s services.
Roadside Rescuer is included at no additional premium on MILE-STONE Gold home and auto policy vehicles that have physical damage coverage. MILE-STONE Basic home and auto vehicles and auto policies and trailers with towing and labor coverage also receive Roadside Rescuer for an additional fee.
Roadside Rescuer services
- Tire changes
- Emergency fluid delivery
- Dead battery jump starts
- Lockout service
- Minor mechanical first aid if you have an accident, stalled vehicle, or are stuck in mud or snow
- Towing an auto to the nearest qualified repair facility, or up to 10 miles to the repair facility of your choice
- Towing trailers with towing and labor coverage
Roadside Rescuer features
- Coverage for the policyholder and immediate family members in autos they own that have towing coverage
- Extra coverage for the named insured and additional named insured when they are traveling in automobiles they do not own
- Sign-and-drive coverage, which does not require you to pay upfront and wait for reimbursement
- Arranges for alternative transportation
- Contacts your home or office to report that you are stranded or your auto has broken down
Ask your SECURA agent for more information or find an agent near you.
Coverages may not be available in all states. Coverages described are subject to all terms and conditions of the policy, including deductibles, exclusions, and limits of liability. Not all agents are authorized to sell all types of insurance. Please read the policy carefully.
Roadside Rescuer FAQs
Scheduled autos or trailers/camper trailers that carry towing and labor costs coverage are eligible for Roadside Rescuer service. Unscheduled trailers/camper trailers without towing coverage will receive Roadside Rescuer service when being towed by a scheduled auto with towing and labor costs coverage.
Recreational vehicles cannot carry towing and labor coverage and therefore, are not eligible vehicles for Roadside Rescuer. Even though towing and labor coverage is available for motor homes, they are not eligible for Roadside Rescuer’s sign and drive coverage and are subject to the policy limit.
The Roadside Rescuer service provides a national network to service our policyholder’s needs. The participating towing service located closest to the site of disablement is dispatched to promptly service those needs.
It will go to the nearest reputable service facility.
If you elect to call your own service and do NOT go through the Roadside Rescuer operator, you will revert back to your standard $100 towing and labor coverage included with Gold, or the towing and labor limit you have purchased.
If you do not have towing coverage, you will still be provided the service, but at your own expense. You will need to provide a Visa or MasterCard for payment; otherwise the Roadside Rescuer operator will give you the name and phone number of the closest towing service to contact.
If you are a SECURA policyholder and use the Roadside Rescuer service, towing limits are not an issue. Our contract calls for the total cost of towing the vehicle to the nearest point of service to be covered regardless of the towing limit on the policy. Likewise, any service provided at the site of breakdown that allows your travel to continue, such as tire change or lock-out service, is fully covered regardless of the towing limit on the policy. Roadside Rescuer is a “sign and drive” service.
Roadside Rescuer is serviced by a national organization that has been in operation for 18 years and has won J.D. Powers’ top service ranking three of the last four years. Roadside Rescuer is available in all 50 states and its database of service providers currently numbers over 30,000.
Roadside Rescuer will deliver gas to the site of disablement without a delivery charge; however, you are responsible for the cost of the gas itself.
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