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Taxi question: checking licence and insurance details
My car was recently hit by a black London cab. How do I know that the cab driver is properly registered and insured?
Your main concern here is whether the black cab is insured and indeed without insurance the driver would certainly not be properly registered.
If you have a solicitor acting on your behalf, he can probably discover the identity of the cabbie's insurers through the Motor Insurer Database. If not, your own insurers can do this.
In the unlikely event that the cab was uninsured, a claim can be made to the Motor Insurers Bureau although the first £300 of any property damage claim will in any event not be recoverable.
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