scooby dooby doo Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 In my accident back in April 2002 another car was involved. In December last year they sent a letter asking for my insurers to contact them to sort it out. A few questions: 1) It was over 18 months from incident to claim - is this too long 🤔 2) I've changed insurers since then - who do I contact about it - the new ones or the insurers at the time 🤔 HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Edited by - hoopy on 4 Feb 2004 20:56:02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Whoopy. There may be a time limit on a claim, is this the first contact the third-party have made? And why have they contacted you personally and not your insurer (dealing with the claim)? I'd have thought the claim would be against your policy at the time, so speak to your previous insurer in the first instance. I'd be very surprised if your current insurer would even look at it. Note: these are the opinions of the author and may not represent the views of the employer etcblahblahblah. moom www.megabird.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 4, 2004 Author Share Posted February 4, 2004 Its the first contact and its been made by his solicitors. And yes - I though previous insurer as well - so it should affect my already poor claims record.... HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Wilson Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 It took about a year for Sussex Ambulance Service to take me to court over a collision after the police cleared me of blame. By this time the car was insured with another company. Send a copy of the letter to your previous insurance company. Don't the claimant or their solicitor yourself. Peardrop Edited by - Peardrop on 4 Feb 2004 22:53:36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 4, 2004 Author Share Posted February 4, 2004 Cheers Peardrop HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Hoop, As regards the time limit, you are talking about the statute of limitations, which if I can remember what I learnt at uni correctly is 3 years for personal injury and 5 years for everything else...i.e. they are well within the time limit. Speak to the people who were insuring you at the time, they are the ones who need to deal with this and should be able to give you any further information you need. As Moom and Peardrop point out, this is definitely one for the insurers to sort out...don't contact them yourself, this is what you pay your premium for, let the insurance companies argue it out between them. HTH Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owelly Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Then ask them to strip to their socks and eat trees. (just to bring a degree of sheddism to the topic) 😬 😬 😬 savin up to be eccentric. but for now, i'll just be stupid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 I'm happily and sheddily advised now HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I'm due to remove my socks any day now for their annual clean, I was too busy at Christmas/New Year to do it then so I'll wait for leap day. If you are lucky I may sweep out my special pants too This week I have mostly been eating trees Supercheese R250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 What could possibly survive long enough in your pants to sweep them out HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owelly Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Snail shells. They seem to last forever. I'm thinking of putting all my worldly possessions into a snail shell and I'm goin to put it under a fertiliser bag somewhere so I can rediscover it in a few years and have a happy time *confused* savin up to be eccentric. but for now, i'll just be stupid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 Tis a good plan methinks HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debert Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 1. Either a v. big snail shell or 2. Not many worldly possessy thingums I'm prolly number 2 Are snail shells lighter than aluminyoom, could we make a "snail shell seven"? I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Woods Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Hoopy, is this one of those personal injury accident soliticib *mad*st *mad*rds ? Sharon had one of these about 6 months after she ran into someone, and all we did was pass it on to the insurer. I agree with Rachel, I'd pass it on to the insurer you were with at the time, not your current one. Nick Red and Black 1.6K supersport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 And anyway, I don't see how it can affect your claims history - after all, it was a single event - insurers don't ask how many individual claimants have pursued you over the last five years - just how many events you've had... Keep BC free and open for ALL. Membership No. 43xx Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 Well, on the one hand I broke my wrist. But on the other I had no other injuries at all and in a lighter seven I'd have experienced far greater forces.... Not sure why its taken 2 years for them to get round to it though... HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby dooby doo Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 I've sent a letter to the insurers asking them to sort it and sent a copy to the solicitors. Hmmm... When they ask how big any past claims were should you include this sort of 3rd party 🤔 HOOPY R706KGU Hoopylight R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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