Can I claim off someone's insurance?

[hanse cronje]

what is the £700 for?

if that is the value of the damage then you've got your money his insurer won't give you more than indemity

[leosayer]

Claiming off the other party is your insurance company's job.

[Piglet]

leosayer said:

Claiming off the other party is your insurance company's job.

Not if you don't have comprehensive cover it isn't. So presumably this is a TPFT/TPO situation or the poster just didn't want to let his own insurers pay out himself and shrug their shoulders about the cost.

You need to find out who the insurers are and contact them. Can the Police give you this info?

[Dwight VanDriver]

Sean

May I draw your attention to the following

www.tinyurl.com/adaqc

Read the second para of the Explanatory Notes.

Just how you do it ? May be revealed if you have a natter with CAB Solicitor.

dvd

[jazzyjeff]

sean5302 said:

I had TPF&T insurance. The bailiffs went to see him and report that he has no goods worth taking.

I take it that the bike itself wasn't in evidence?

[Parrot of Doom]

Presumably he was in receipt of either benefits, or a wage subject to PAYE. Why then don't they just take a couple of quid a week from either of those and pay it directly to you?

[g_attrill]

You have the info, but for future reference to anybody else, this page on the MIIC site has information about how to obtain insurance information directly from them:

www.miic.org.uk/public/access_mid.htm

Gareth