Contribute or not?

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I am omitting a large amount of details as this is still ongoing.

Last year my dogs leash snapped.

There was an incident because of this and I gave my insurance details to the affected party and informed my insurer the same day.

I am 100% at fault and have never denied this.

Several months later dispite being given all the details on the day I was contacted for policy number ect via the other person's insurance.

Now the other insurer have messaged me asking if I want to "contribute towards the reimbursement" as they are unable to get a reply from my insurer.

Should I contribute? Or insist they go through my insurer.

What happened?

I would give your insurer a nudge.

Chase your insurer, and find a name/reference/ contact number you can give out.. Reply politely stating that the matter needs to be dealt with by insurers but providing the contact details.

I would ask my insurance company what’s happening.
I wouldn’t pay directly as I would be wondering if they were trying to scam me.

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And I highly doubt if insurance haven’t paid yet, the other person would refund you when they finally get paid

I would contact my insurance directly myself. Your insurance is your protection, and if the insurance fails you could end up in small claims court.

If you informed your insurers then you would have received a reference/claim number. Just call them and request present position. Do not settle the claim yourself.

Contact your insurer. Your policy probably forbids you getting involved without their consent once a claim has been received

I'm not willing to give any more details at this point as its still ongoing MyCatsAndMyBooks

Thank you yes I did worry they were trying to get more money as the first letter from their solicitors was very badly worded and grammatically incorrect

I shall be chasing them up on Friday
When I reported it originally I was not given an incident number as it was up to the other party if they claimed and they may not have done though they are aware

I have only ever felt with an insurer once before when a car went into the back of me and that was very simple