I write to echo your advice regarding hire car scams when taking a car in for an insurance claim. I have recently been involved totally innocently with one of these claims companies for a repair that was booked for about three days in total. They strung the claim out for 8 full days, using every delaying tactic they could think of. The point is the client does not see any documentation, everything is done on the phone. The first time a document is seen is when the client signs for the hire car with little or no time to read the documents involved. You also get a cancellation agreement, which when you read carefully means that you have to have the hire car until your vehicle is repaired. This effectively is open ended. If you car is driveable, insist on the claims company engineer seeing the vehicle before any car hire takes place. My advice to anyone offered a Hire Car is to ask to see all the hire car and cancellation documentation before taking out the cover. Someone, somewhere is being totally ripped off by these claims companies in your name. Don't get involved. I wish I hadn't.