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Originally Posted by Talking Heads
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As I understand it, it's to do with the statutory legal requirements for the insurers of a vehicle to pay up in the event of a claim, and if you have an insurance policy for the vehicle even if you no longer own nor keep it, they can seek to recover costs from you. It's discussed quite a lot, for example here
https://www.rac.co.uk/forum/showthre...aim-against-me , though that thread didn't seem to have a clean outcome, but it gives the general idea.
Basically, when you sell/dispose of a vehicle you declare it to your insurers.