I write in connection with my son's recent claim on his own fully comp insurance policy (he is aged 34). Someone drove into the back of him. Liability was agreed, the car was repaired and his insurer gave him a "no fault" confirmation on his next recent renewal notice. (He did not actually renew again since they doubled his premium, notwithstanding he has no claims discount protection). The latest problem is that the other side has disputed the hire car costs during the repair. My son's insurer has enlisted a solicitor to reclaim these costs from the other side. He has now been asked to explain his reasons for needing a hire car (no problem there apparently), but he was also asked whether he could have afforded to pay for a hire car himself at the time. He says "no". The solicitor has requested 6 months of his bank statements to prove it, saying that the other side will be likely to ask for this. When my son's insurer arranged the hire car, he was not asked any questions about affordability, he was just referred to the car hire company. My son did not have to pay the hire costs. I think the problem with the disputed cost has arisen because of the cost of a second hire car. The first was a Subaru Forester that proved to have faulty brakes. My son took it back and was given a Golf GTi, which was the only automatic they had at the time. The total hire period was about 2 weeks. My query is - should anyone have to produce their own bank statements? Surely this is not the point of the claim? I would appreciate any comment you may have