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I don't want my car written off?

Someone recently reversed into my parked car, denting two of the doors. I reported it to my insurance company and they sent out an assessor last week. I received a call yesterday from the incident management team saying that they want to get the car written off due to the value of the repairs (however I do not believe they have put the value to the other party's insurers).

I don't want the car written off, I want it repaired. Can I force the insurance company to repair it despite them saying it is not economically viable for them to?

Asked on 31 May 2013 by BL998

Answered by Honest John
You can simply state that the car is your property and under o circumstances do you want it blighted by being written off. Tell them you will accept a financial settlement amounting to the write off value minus the salvage value.

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