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Appraisal Guarantees – Diminished Value Claims Question: Does Diminished Value of Georgia Guarantee that the Insurance Company will Pay the Appraised Value? This is one of the most common questions we receive.  Answer: Most clients request a claim review (free quote) before hiring us to do an appraisal. This review

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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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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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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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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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Invoking Appraisal Clause | Insurance Demand Letter

This letter is to be used on the first-party clause for invoking the auto policy’s appraisal clause provisions. Today’s Date: Claim#: Date of Loss:   Mr. [adjuster name] Please accept this letter and the attached document as our payout request for the claim referenced above. The appraisal process as outlined

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Goldfein Claims Management Loses at Trial

Gwinnett County, GA. 05/03/2017 Goldfein claims management filed an appeal with the Gwinnett county superior court after their DV case was lost at the magistrate court level. The superior court granted the defense’s motion for a summary judgment yesterday after hearing preliminary arguments in the case. The suit was for

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N.C. General Statute 20-279.21(d1) / Appraisal & Diminished Value

North Carolina General Statute 20-279.21(d1) (d1) Such motor vehicle liability policy shall provide an alternative method of determining the amount of property damage to a motor vehicle when liability for coverage for the claim is not in dispute. For a claim for property damage to a motor vehicle against an

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State Farm Unfair Claim Handling Practices, 2017 Update

PSA: Atlanta, GA 03/23/2017 State Farm as of late has been extremely difficult in working with on Diminished Value claims. It’s been brought to our attention that State Farm adjusters and claims handlers have been told to hold the line and decline or reject most of the DV claims submitted

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Claim Handling Quick Guide

Quick claim handling guidelines and information about our appraisal services. All Claims: The appraisal report is the evidence you need to support your claim Insurance adjusters need documentation before issuing payment Third party carriers are your adversaries and not your friend, their job is to minimize payouts and look after

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Best and Worst Insurance carriers for Diminished Value Claims

Updated on 02/23/2018 Best Insurance Carriers Press Release 2013 Worst Insurance Carriers Press Release 2014 Annual List of the Best and Worst Diminished Value Insurance Companies (2015) After processing thousands of claims every year and receiving feedback on many of them, Diminished Value of Georgia, Atlanta’s #1 independent auto Appraisal Company

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Diminished Value and Taxes, IRS form 4684

As tax season approaches and with all the advertising about tax savings one wonders about all the tax forms and deductions available for ordinary citizens. Today, we’re looking at IRS form 4684, casualties and thefts. IRS Tax Form 4684 (pdf) IRS Tax Form 4684 Instructions The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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Joseph Sosnowski USAA

Joseph Sosnowski, CPCU | Physical Damage Specialist | Auto Physical Damage Auto, Security, & Recovery-Physical Damage, P&C Insurance Group, USAA (PHX) 9800 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas 78288 Phone: (623) 715-8350  |  Fax: (877) 405-5792 joseph.sosnowski@usaa.com    Is his person difficult to work with? Does he handle claims unfairly and unprofessionally?

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USAA Diminished Value Letter

Action: Appraisal Clause Dispute Resolution of Diminished Value. Introduction: This report has been prepared to determine the potential impact to Claimant 2014 Honda Odyssey value as a result of a collision loss dated 7/5/2016. Diminution in Value: Georgia courts have said that a person’s diminishment of value is the difference

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Bob West Appraisal Service

Bob West operated West appraisal service for many years, the company processed Diminished Value and total loss appraisals in Atlanta. Bob  passed away a few months ago, our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends. We’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Bob numerous times, he will be

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A claim that’s a few years old!

By law the insurance company is supposed to pay you diminished value, but sometimes they don’t and you don’t ask them to and a few years later you wake up and realize you’ve been screwed out of some money! On a third party claim (not your fault), and since it’s

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Not all Auto Appraisers are created equal!

In Georgia, if you’re at fault or if it’s somebody else’s fault, you’re owed your vehicle’s loss in value. It’s the law! Collecting diminished value on the other hand depends on many factors, the most important of which is the selection of a competent auto appraiser. In our experience, there

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The Free Estimate Game:

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