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How to prove I wasn't commuting.

Dibbers99
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2 years ago I had an at-fault RTA. The insurance company paid out appx £8000. Last month I received a letter from the insurance company to tell me they were seeking full reimbursement of the money they paid out, because I was driving outside of the terms of my insurance. I issued them with an SAR, which was partially responded to (I asked for all records going back to the start of the policy, they actually provided all records going back about a month). Their internal notes on this SAR response indicated that they were denying my claim, because there was no evidence I was not commuting. I was not commuting, I was going for a meal in the evening in a completely different town to where I work. During the day I have a company car, and I use this car to go to and from work. My employer wrote to them to confirm this but their internal notes say this does not prove I was not commuting. This is now where I'm coming stuck. How do I prove a negative.
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Well if they take you to court for this it is for them to prove you were commuting.1
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If you have home insurance, check to see if you have legal expenses insurance. If you do, you need to call them to put them on notice that you might receive a claim against you.
As Keep_peddling say, if they want to go to court, they have to prove that you were using your car outside of the terms of your insurance. You seem to have evidence that they you weren't. Keep all your evidence and notes about what happened. They could, in theory, start a case at any point within six years of them having paid the claim.
If you are are still insured with them, I would suggest you consider cancelling your insurance, so that they cannot cancel it. If they do, you will have to declare that this when applying for insurance, and it could put the premiums up, or even mean you can't get cover.
The comments I post are my personal opinion. While I try to check everything is correct before posting, I can and do make mistakes, so always try to check official information sources before relying on my posts.0
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