How long for car hire company to pursue damage?

firebubble

I was in the States in December, and someone dinged my hire car whilst it was in a car park. The dent was quite small,  about 10cm across and the paint was scraped back to metal. 

I reported the damage and after I returned the car, I received a damage report. 

I told my excess insurer, who has opened a claim. 

I've heard nothing further from the car hire company (budget). Four months on, can I assume budget aren't going to ask me to pay? 

Caz3121

last time I had an issue with car hire in US it was about 9-10 months before they sent a bill (in my case the damage was on the vehicle when it was collected and was reported but vehicle was returned to a different airport...when I received the bill, I sent them the evidence of it having been there on collection and never heard from them again)

400ixl

Did you not have the full Crash Damage Waiver with the policy?

firebubble

I didn't take budget's policy, but following the advice on here, got a separate policy. So I am covered, I just wondered how long budget might take to send a bill (if they're going to - when I returned the car, the woman said they might not pursue it as it's small).

 The insurers keep chasing me, but obvs I haven't heard anything from budget. I wondered if anyone here had had similar experiences, and from the poster above, it seems it can take a while for them to get sorted so t doesn't sound as if I'm out of the woods yet!