Firstly, my credentials: 7 years as a Public Liability, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury (which also covers RTAs) Paralegal for one of the UK's biggest insurance companies.
I'll go through your options individually:
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A) Talk to my insurance provider, and use a solicitor designated by my insurance company.
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Do you have a Motor Legal Expenses Policy with your insurance company? If so this will be your best option in my opinion. You would get to keep 100% of any compensation received. All disbursements and fees would be covered.
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B) Currently, I am receiving calls from independent injury claim lawyers. Uses one of them to make a claim.
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More than likely they will deduct a percentage of any compensation award, probably 20 to 25%. They will also ask you to take out an After The Event insurance policy (starts from around £115 and can go up to hundreds of pounds) which will cover any legal fees, medical expert fees, disbursements etc. You won't have to pay for this upfront, they'll just deduct it from your compensation.
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C) Talk to the insurance company of the other party, and ask them to make a claim for me.
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In my opinion - never EVER go down this route. Your insurance company or appointed solicitor will be putting your best interests first. The other side's insurance company will be putting THEIR best interests first.
Going on what you say about your injuries they would likely offer you an early settlement figure but keep in mind this would be in full and final settlement, so if in 6 month's time your injuries get worse etc you have no recourse. The only benefit in my opinion of going with the other side's insurers is your payout is likely to be a lot sooner, possibly in a month or two and this often seduces people into accepting.
Keep in mind the laws on "whiplash" (as it sounds what your injuries are) claims changed slightly with accidents that happened after 31st May. so I'm happy to advise further if you need it.