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Settling car accident damage privately?

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  • Bigphil1474
    Bigphil1474 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    According to the OP, it was the other party who suggested dealing with it privately, so can't see the TP wanting to notify their insurers, so therefore unlikely to get a PI claim a couple of years down the line, as they haven't notified either. Would be hard to get a compy claim if there's no record of any incident occurring.
  • Mercdriver
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    According to the OP, it was the other party who suggested dealing with it privately, so can't see the TP wanting to notify their insurers, so therefore unlikely to get a PI claim a couple of years down the line, as they haven't notified either. Would be hard to get a compy claim if there's no record of any incident occurring.

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