Originally Posted By: Delta
So its been determined the other party does not have insurance. They had a current card, but the policy was cancelled. So, I'm on the hook for this one, IE my deductible and 20% of the rental. Gonna look at the car better tomorrow since they finally got it to the shop today. The only good of this is my insurance works with the shop I chose, actually it's a preferred shop for them. They didn't balk at all when I said what shop to drop the car off.
The towing was a whole process in itself. The company that the sheriffs dept called to tow off the car would not tow it to my body shop since my insurance company doesn't pay them directly? So after several phone calls to get them to release it my insurance had to send their tow company to pick it up to take it to the shop. Next time (hopefully won't be a next time!) I'll call their roadside. Lesson learned.
You could've paid the towing company yourself and then had insurance reimburse you, no?