[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

That's because both insurance companies actually get a referral fee for passing on your details to these companies. Then there are also the ones who just call you with an automated dialer, in the random chance that you might have had an accident in the last couple of years. Also most of us have probably received the text messages.

My driver was hit from behind by another van (belonging to the competition, but that's another story). Anyway, within 5 minutes of me calling the insurance company I received a call from one of these companies.

My insurers do not sell on accident details thank goodness but the timing made it obvious that some one in the courts was/is passing on the details as the callers knew it was a motoring accident, had details that were in the initial submission and asked for my husband by name.