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Claims Assistant Position Open

Diminished Value of Georgia is the leading firm in Atlanta for car appraisals and insurance claims. We are hiring an Office Assistant to join our growing team. If you’re a passionate self-starter, Diminished Value of Georgia is a perfect place to grow your career. Apply now! Responsibilities Greet visitors in

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Sports Car Values on the Rise

Used Car Market Insights  This week’s Market Insights report offers the latest evidence that the spring season has come to an end, with cars and trucks seeing similar depreciation last week. The report looks back at spring, where the mainstream sedan segments performed the best, led by Compact Cars increasing

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Top Rated Car Makes

Which Auto Brands are Rated the Highest by Car Shoppers? Top 5 Selling Automakers: Toyota 7.2M units VW 6.1M Units Ford 5.9M Units Honda 4.7M Units Chevy 3.8M units Top 10 Rated Automakers in 2018 Genesis Audi BMW Lexus Porsche Kia Subaru Tesla Honda Toyota The rating above utilizes three

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New Car Color Popularity 2000-2015

Car buyer tastes have changes in the past 15 years, the graph below outlines the color preferences of new car buyers from 2000 to 2015. Top Car Colors White Black Grey Silver Red Blue Maroon Yellow Green All other Colors

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Used Vehicle Market Insights – April 2018

Over the last six weeks, compact cars are up 3% in value. Small car segments, as well as medium sedans, have outperformed the market this month. One indication to the reason is the increase in Gasoline prices. Below is a chart outlining the gas price increase this year versus last

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Empty Gas Tank Range Per Vehicle – 2018 List

Wondering how far you can drive your car on empty? Below is a list of vehicles sold in the US in 2018 by range from the minute the fuel light turns on. Driving on empty can harm your vehicle. It is recommended to fill up at  1/4 tank as to

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Diminished Value Demand Letter

When making a Diminished Value claim, it is important to send the insurance company a written demand. The written demand needs to contain the following information: Loss Payee ( Name of person owning vehicle) At Fault driver’s Name Date of Loss (Date of Accident) Claim Number Description of your Vehicle

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GoldFein Claims Management

ATTN: INSURANCE ADJUSTERS DO YOU WANT TO BEAT GOLDFEIN CLAIM MANAGEMENT? WE CAN HELP ALL POINTS BULLETIN Are you an insurance adjuster who received a demand letter from the Goldfein Claim Management company? If so, do you want to defeat them? We have the proven experience to defeating their inflated demands for Diminished

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Feb 2018 Car Market Insights

Q1 Auction Sales Performing Well Momentum picking up steam in the early weeks of the spring selling season, with prices rising on Sub-Compact Cars, Compact Cars, and prices unchanged on Mid-Size Cars. The Black Book Retention Index illustrates how recent retention rates on Sub-Compact Cars have made it a good

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California Auto Body Repair Consumer Bill of Rights

CALIFORNIA AUTO BODY REPAIR CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA A CONSUMER IS ENTITLED TO: Select the auto body repair shop to repair auto body damage covered by the insurance company. An insurance company shall not require the repairs to be done at a specific auto body repair shop. An

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Diminished Value Story

Diminished Value Story – Appraisal Engine Video Script: Alice is driving her beautiful new car when all of a sudden Eric who’s distracted rear ends her! Oh no! Alice’s new car is now damaged. Eric’s insurance company gives Alice money to fix her car Now Alice goes to sell her

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Top 10 Cars for 2018

Below is a list of the top 10 cars for 2018 as tested by Consumer Reports. Top 10 Cars for 2018 Best Compact Green Car : 2018 Chevrolet Bolt Best Compact Car: 2018 Toyota Corolla Best Luxury Compact Car: 2018 Audi A4 Best Midsize Sedan: 2018 Toyota Camry Best Large Car:

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Market Insights – Feb 2018

This week’s  Market Insights report shows cars with lower depreciation than trucks. We also spotlight retention trends of three-year-old Mid-Size Cars over the last few years, as well as this month’s Specialty Report. Market Insights – Feb 2018 It was a good week for mainstream car segments as tax season buying

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Detroit Auto Show 2018 Summary

Below are highlights from the 2018 North American Auto show aka Detroit Auto Show Detroit auto show coverage 2018 – Report Few concepts, but they turned heads There were darn few pure concept vehicles at the 2018 Detroit auto show, but the ones that did appear were true conversations starters.

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Compact Crossovers Weak in Holding Value

Compact Crossovers depreciating the most out of cars and trucks last week. The vehicle category dropped -1.18% in value. The report also illustrates how much incentives have been rising lately. Cars continued to depreciate at a steady rate while most SUV segments did better in the second week of the

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Goldfein Claims & Independent Appraisal Guide

Golfein Claims Management is a company that helps lessors recover the loss in value (Diminished Value) sustained by leased vehicles in operation. This, in theory, is a legitimate goal, however, the methods used by Goldfein are often misleading and bordering on unethical. This post is to expose the potential bad

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Toyota Prius’s confusing Trim levels I, II, III, IV and V

Toyota has decided to confuse consumers by implementing a new trim level (build) nomenclature for their Prius hybrid vehicle. Instead of the normal (CE, LE, XLE, etc… ) or the (Base, Premium, Limited, etc..) naming format, they’ve opted for a new and ambiguous format: Prius I Prius II Prius III

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List of Cars Kept for More than 15 years

After analyzing more than 650,000 vehicle transactions for cars from the 1981-2002 model years sold in 2017, w list was compiled of the top 10 cars vehicle owners are holding on to for more than 15 years. It is no surprise that 8 Toyota vehicles occupy the top 10 spots. Top

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2017 Year End Review

Appraisal Engine releases its annual report:  More than 11,200 retail customers served. Appraisal Engine Inc., the highest-ranked vehicle valuation firm in the southern U.S., is celebrating a record year of helping consumers earn their rightful compensation from insurance carriers. In 2017, Appraisal Engine received assignments from more than 11,200 accident

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