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well now....
i had a bump, truck changes lanes as i passed him, he clips my rear N/S wheel arch
hes not accepting liability, neither am i
(he claims to have a witness, driver had a passenger, which im told cant be his witness then?)
i had a price of £1420 inc vat to repair
my excess is £550
but today a bodyshop quoted £350 (cash) to fix it (without cutting out the whole rear 1/4 panel)
will i lose my no claims discount (was 3 years last renewal) if i dont involve my insurers to pay for repair?
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it wont matter in 50 years
It is a no claims bonus, so as long as your insurers don't cough up anything you should be OK. However bear in mind that if they have recorded an incident, they may keep the file open for six months in case the TP tries to claim. Word of warning, if you reported the incident to your insurance co, chances are they will have recorded it on the Claims and Underwriting Exchange database.
If you change insurance cos or renew ANY motor insurance and you fail to disclose the incident, even if not claimed for in the end, you could be considered as being guilty of "non disclosure". Everyone has a "duty of disclosure" and they are interested in any incident!
This subject was actually covered by Watchdog this evening.