Hi everyone, I’m 75 yrs old and had my first mini stroke about 5 weeks ago. Luckily there have been no lasting physical side effects, so do I legally need to contact my car insurance company and tell them what has happened straight away? The reason for the question is that I am a full-time carer for my partner who has Parkinsons. I need my car and I’m just worried that it may stir up a hornet’s nest that may result in an extension of the legal 4 week driving ban after a TIA,
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@Bluzman Hi & welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear you’ve had a TIA and good to hear you’re doing ok.
When I had my stroke i rang my insurance company & they weren’t interested but I think that will depend on your insurance company.
I’ve put a link in below from the Stroke Association Publications - Driving After Stroke. Have a read through. It does say in there that you should inform your insurance company.
https://www.stroke.org.uk/life-after-stroke/driving
All I would say is if you should have told them and don’t then have an accident you may find your insurance is null & void.
Best wishes
Ann
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Hi and welcome to our forum, glad to hear that your recovery is going well. I would definitely inform your insurance company about your TIA, I worked for a insurance broker before my stroke and would always advise that you inform them of any changes in your circumstances. I would hate you to have an accident, only to find that you’re not covered as they didn’t know about your TIA.
Regards Sue
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Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. I really do appreciate it. I’m insured with SAGA and after looking at my documents it appears that they don’t require me to notify them of the TIA. In hindsight, I should have checked there first before posting my question, but it’s good to know the forum is here should I need it in the future. This whole thing is very new to me and it’s a real wake up call to someone like me who thought that strokes always happened to ‘other people’. Wrong!
Kind regrds to you all,
Eric
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Thanks Simon, I’ve never heard of a quiet stroke. The idea of a stroke creeping up like a silent ninja to wreak havoc on the body is quite worrying. Hopefully I’ll manage to avoid him 
Take care. Eric
PS have you got snow yet up there?
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