Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
Commercial insurance in all forms is haraam, but if a person is compelled to take out third-party insurance, then there is nothing wrong with that and the sin is on the one who compelled him to do that. Please see question number 45918, 8889 and 102969.
Secondly:
If there is a collision between two cars, then the one who is at fault must compensate for loss of life or limb or property that he caused. So he must pay diyah for lost lives or injuries, and he must also repair whatever has been damaged on the car, in addition to the difference in price between the sound car and the one that has been repaired. This is something that is neglected by many people.
If the insurance company pays for some of the above, then he must pay for the rest, no matter how much it is, and his duty cannot be discharged unless he does that, unless the injured party lets him off.
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The issue is not just that of repair, rather it is repair plus the devaluation of the car as the result of the collision. This is a matter which many people perhaps do not pay attention to. But everyone knows the difference between the value of a car that has been in a crash, even if it has been repaired, and its value if it has not been in a crash. End quote from Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb.
And Allaah knows best.
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