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PhilDAS
Sorry to hear about the incident.
As you can imagine, cabbies know a thing or two about motor insurance. If I were to guess, having been in the business, he will go down to his local garage and try to pull the dent out (suction cups etc). If it doesn’t pull out and requires a visit to the body shop, you might get a call.
But the calculus the cabbie is doing is how much is the dent worth versus what might it do to my premium next year. And we all know what the answer is there...
Unfortunately, uk motor insurance is crap for any incident below c.£5k. Put it down to experience and move on.