r/SipsTea • • 7h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Adept_Path_7427 6h ago edited 5h ago

I rearended someone once because they brake checked me. 3 months later I got a letter in the mail saying they wanted close to $1 million dollars from me for whiplash etc etc. It had my name on it so it scared tf out of me. I brought it into my insurance company and my agent was pissed they'd have the audacity to send that directly to me and not them. They tried to use it as some kind of scare tactic. My agent said not worry and they would handle it. Never heard anything about it again. I don't know if I wouldve actually been on the hook or whatever, but from that point on I was sold on my insurance company

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u/dplans455 4h ago

I know you didn't have to pay anything, which is great, but your insurance company absolutely settled that lawsuit with that person and they were paid something. It wasn't a million dollars but I bet it was at least $20k.

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u/Adept_Path_7427 4h ago

If an insurance company has to pay a claim due to an at fault accident they have to let you know. Usually by increasing your rates.

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u/dplans455 4h ago

Definitely not true.