Hello all,
Need a bit of advice re third party insurers writing off my bird.
Briefly, a car driver pulled out on me trashing me and the bike. Blame is all his. Police arranged recovery of the bike as I was being rushed to hospital and it has been stored by recovery company ever since. (Crash was on 21st sept)
Received a letter this morning from his insurers valuing the bike pre crash at ?2325.00 and the salvage value at ?279.00.
They have said that they are prepared to make an interim payment of ?2046.00 based on these figures. Further they have told me that I need to make arrangements for disposal of the salvage or move the bike within 3 days of the date of the letter (06/Oct) as they will not be responsible for storage costs thereafter.
Is this usual? My only previous experience of a written off Vehicle was a car and the insurance company dealt with the disposal of the car.
Advice and input would be greatly appreciated.
Jon
Need a bit of advice re third party insurers writing off my bird.
Briefly, a car driver pulled out on me trashing me and the bike. Blame is all his. Police arranged recovery of the bike as I was being rushed to hospital and it has been stored by recovery company ever since. (Crash was on 21st sept)
Received a letter this morning from his insurers valuing the bike pre crash at ?2325.00 and the salvage value at ?279.00.
They have said that they are prepared to make an interim payment of ?2046.00 based on these figures. Further they have told me that I need to make arrangements for disposal of the salvage or move the bike within 3 days of the date of the letter (06/Oct) as they will not be responsible for storage costs thereafter.
Is this usual? My only previous experience of a written off Vehicle was a car and the insurance company dealt with the disposal of the car.
Advice and input would be greatly appreciated.
Jon