Quote Originally Posted by Jenn&Dean
If you cannot make contact with the other party, you have full rights to file a claim under their policy.
You might be able to FILE a claim with someone else's insurance company, but until the person that hit you, calls their insurance company and reports the claim (admitting guilt) their insurance company won't PAY the claim.

(I work in a body shop and have delt with insurance claims for almost 6 years)