What other expenses can I recover?
If you suffer damage to clothing or personal effects such as glasses, dentures or crash
helmets you can claim for these. It is important that you retain the damaged items as the
insurers may wish to inspect them. If you have the receipts for the damaged items or for
replacement items you should retain these as well.
You can claim for expenses which you have incurred following an accident such as taxi fares
or prescription charges provided that what you are claiming is reasonable. If you have to
hire a car because your own is damaged it should be possible to claim the hire charges although you
should discuss hiring a replacement vehicle with us before entering into a hire contract.
Again you should keep receipts for any items of expenditure that you wish to claim.
In cases of serious injury you can claim the cost of items such as wheelchairs, as well as
nursing and care costs.
If you have been looked after by a relative following an accident it may be possible to claim
compensation for them for the services which they have provided. It is important that you
keep a diary or other written record of the services which have been provided as this will make it
much easier to calculate the level of compensation.
If as a result of injuries which you have sustained you are unable to do any jobs around the
house, or for your family, you may be able to claim compensation. Examples would be
housework, gardening, car maintenance, DIY. If you have had to pay tradesmen to do jobs that
you would previously have been able to do yourself, it is again very important that you keep
receipts.