REPAIR PROCEDURE ISSUE:
Our client’s 2024 Mercedes C300 was damaged. Our client filed a claim with their carrier State Farm Insurance for the loss. State Farm issued a loss statement/repair estimate for $21,454.96 before the deductible. Our client’s collision facility issued a preliminary loss statement/repair plan for $25,691.70 return State Farm to its pre-loss condition. Our client came to us for assistance with the $4,236.74 under-indemnification and out-of-pocket expense to safely return their vehicle to its pre-loss OEM condition.
As a result of going through the appraisal process in the policy, Vehicle Value Experts came to a binding agreement with the independent 3rd party appraiser for $25,125.86 as the loss statement/ repair cost to return our clients 2024 Mercedes C300 back to its pre-loss condition.
The final binding agreement between the unbiased independent appraisers identified an under-indemnification of the loss of $3,670.90 or 17.11% from the State Farm loss statement/repair estimate of $21,454.96. Through the invoking of the State Farm policy right of appraisal our client has been made whole for their loss with no out-of-pocket expense other than their deductible.