can I get a salvage bid from a wrecking yard online for a total loss vehicle?
I am an independent appraiser dealing with automotive claim for insurance companies. I work late and sometimes need to obtain 3 salvage bid on total loss vehicle. to upload my work in a timely fashion I would like to be able to go on a web site for this information insted of calling wrecking yards the next day.
Thank you all. I do use IAA and Copart depending on the insurance company I'm working for. Some company do pay for these services and some do not. There is monthly fee involved for these services.
I work for a major auto insurance company as an adjuster. We send all of our vehicles to IAA.
It might not be as accurate as calling, but you should be able to get a pretty good approximation of a vehicle's salvage value online at their salvage analysis site. There are about 25 different classes of damage, and the option to look at pictures to get a better idea of the true salvage value.
All you need is a year, make, model, and general description of the damage (left side, rollover, flood, etc.) and it will give you the average salvage sale amount for all matching vehicles within the last year. I dispatch IAA to pick vehicles up through their website as well.
I don't know if it costs anything, as if it is, my company pays for it. I don't know if IAA is an option in your area, but they're pretty widespread. It would definitely take a lot of time out of my day if I actually called. Their website is very thorough.
Try these sites:
http://home.iaai.com/default.aspx
https://csatoday.iaai.com/csat/defaultRetry.asp?SessionTimeOut=False&logInFailed=False&Message=
I work for a major auto insurance company as an adjuster. We send all of our vehicles to IAA.
It might not be as accurate as calling, but you should be able to get a pretty good approximation of a vehicle's salvage value online at their salvage analysis site. There are about 25 different classes of damage, and the option to look at pictures to get a better idea of the true salvage value.
All you need is a year, make, model, and general description of the damage (left side, rollover, flood, etc.) and it will give you the average salvage sale amount for all matching vehicles within the last year. I dispatch IAA to pick vehicles up through their website as well.
I don't know if it costs anything, as if it is, my company pays for it. I don't know if IAA is an option in your area, but they're pretty widespread. It would definitely take a lot of time out of my day if I actually called. Their website is very thorough.
Try these sites:
http://home.iaai.com/default.aspx
https://csatoday.iaai.com/csat/defaultRetry.asp?SessionTimeOut=False&logInFailed=False&Message=
References :
Claims adjuster
from the looks of some salvage yards that i have seen, some with their office located in a "lightly" renovated school bus,
so i'm not too sure that they have gone high tech yet. there
may a few out there, try googling salvage yards.
References :
If you are an independent appraiser then you should be able to sign on with Copart and be able to obtain salvage bids: http://www.copart.com
References :
Claims adjuster