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How Can I Fight an Unfair Insurance Company?
I was hit and injured while I had the right of way on a road by an underinsured driver. We are both insured by the same company. My motorcycle suffered damages assessed by my authorized Honda mechanic to cost $10,900 to repair. However the repair estimate the insurance company states is $11,700.00 and declared my cycle a total loss and initially offered me $9000.00 to settle, using “AutoSource” as their source to determine the cycle’s valuation. I provided the insurance company with a list of aftermarket parts totaling $8400.00+ that I had either had installed on the Wing, used in the course of its operation. They accepted receipt of the list but later ignored it, later offering $12,700.00. They claim their reason for not agreeing to have the cycle repaired is that regardless of the Honda mechanic’s assessment, additional damage and expense “might” be noted.
How can I fight the insurance company and get compensatory damages from them?
I’ll answer following your question sentence by sentence. Your mechanic has a lower estimate than the insurer…Well, estimates are, in fact, “estimates”. The appraiser for the insurer may have seen additional damage, or their could have been a part price increase. Or, the mechanic’s estimate was for structural and mechanic repair but did not include aesthetics such as blending paint to match faded, old paint. The insurer can’t estimate damages to repair a vehicle halfway – they have to write the cost to repair it completely. By the mechanic’s estimate or theirs, your vehicle would still be totaled. This is because of the likelihood of additional, hidden damage that could be found in the middle of repairing the bike as well as other elements of a property damage claim, such as loss of use of the vehicle.
Next, you say they offered $9000 to settle. This may well be the valuation “AutoSource” listed. But that’s all a “book value” is – a number from a list. Ask the adjuster to show you the AutoSource valuation if you are curious. A book value cannot take into account factors such as the condition of your individual vehicle, not to mention aftermarket refurbishments. And, finally, adding $8400 in aftermarket parts does not make the vehicle worth $8400 more. Whatever you add to the bike, it is still a used version of the bike the manufacturer built. Essentially, the insurer will pay you what the market will bear for your bike as it was just before the accident – Market Value. It’s a negotiable amount. So if you want to “fight” the insurance company, bring something to them showing that it is worth more than they offered. Find your own “book value” or some comparable vehicles sold recently.
By the way, you called those “compensatory damages”. Interesting you use the term. After all, the insurer’s job here is to “compensate” you for the value of what you lost. You think they owe you more? Why? Think about “why” and then bring the answer to the insurer with documentation to back your assertions.
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