Not at fault car insurance claim.

Dand777

Okay so a bit of backstory.

I have been driving 6 years and for the first few years like most young drivers i was driving a small hatchback worth a few hundred quid. I was the named driver on my mums direct line policy. In May 2014 i was coming into my drive when my neighbour backed out of hers, She didnt see me and kept reversing, i tried to swerve around her but i hit her rear end and crumpled my bumper and headlight unit. At the time i was already looking at my second car and so instead of going to the insurance company I bought a new bumper off ebay and fitted it myself for 60 quid (i scrapped the car 2 months later anyway). After the incident i never talked to the neighbour about it and i never recieved any letter or contact whatsoever from my insurance company.

Fast forward to today and i am on my third car, still with direct line but on my own policy. I logged on to my online insurance for the first time and it said on the policy details no. of claims 1... Confused i called up Direct Line and they said i had a not at fault claim in May 2014. Their records said "Claim has been recovered".

How have i got an a Not at fault claim on my record if i never claimed? and what claim did they supposedly recover?

I asked them if it could be removed as it must be a mistake and they said there was nothing they could do.

Zorillo

That's odd. Did your mum report it perhaps? After all, it was her policy.

The accident happened so you have no right to have it removed from your record, but you do have a right to ask Direct Line to confirm how they know about it. However:

You were in breach of your policy conditions by not reporting the accident at the time, regardless of whether you intended to claim, the circumstances you've reported are very fortunate not to have been recorded as a split liability accident, and it seems possible from how you've described the vehicle as yours that your mother was 'fronting' insurance on your behalf to obtain a cheaper premium, which would be illegal.

If I was in your position, I think I'd let it go.

FutureGirl

Their records are correct. It's more likely an 'incident' reported on your policy.

You must report any incident to the insurers, whether you're at fault or not, and whether you claim or not.

It's likely the neighbour informed their insurers, and then their insurer contacted Direct Line.

It won't be removed from your records, as it's actually correct.