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 include housework, gardening, car maintenance or 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.

If you have any queries, please call us on 0845 273 2323.