Is a Recorded Statement Mandatory?

Is a recorded statement after an auto accident mandatory? Yes, it’s mandatory but it depends on who’s asking for the recording. If it’s your insurance company, then you have to do a recording. You don’t have to do it without an attorney. An attorney can be present on the line, but you have to do a recording because you have a contract with that company.

If it’s the opposing side, the at-fault party’s insurance company, you do not have to do a recording with that company. It would be like giving them a free deposition, that’s like giving them free evidence to use against you. Remember they work for the other side, they’re not there to help you. They’re there to help they’re insured, their insurance company and the company itself. Even though sometimes in Florida, it may be Geico-Geico or Progressive-Progressive the agents are separate.

Now, when the agents work in the same company whenever they use the recorded statement on your insurance company or on your policy, they ask the statement-Can I share this recording with others? That’s when you say explicitly no you cannot share this with others. You can only share it within the policy, within the agents inside that policy, being your auto accident insurance your personal protection or your understood motor, but it cannot be shared with outside parties even though it’s the same exact insurance company. If you have any questions on this because there are so many different tricks that insurance companies do to try to get information from you, give us a call we’ll be more than happy to help you through this process. The numbers 813.421.3411.

(Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)