Read your insurance policy. Most insurers will state that if you do not agree with a car's appraised value, you have the right to hire a vehicle appraiser, at your own expense, to value your car. You can then send a counter offer back to the insurer. If that doesn't work they will either ask you to do arbitration or go to court.
The insurance company will pay you the worth of your car minus your deductible.
screw the insurance then
When it'd cost more to repair it than the car is worth.
Generally NO, as in effect when settling with you, the insurance company is buying the car from you. Therefore, the car belongs to the company. If you still want the car, many insurance companys will allow you to buy the car back at the "salvage value."
This depends on what the settlement covers I have required the insurance company to allow me to retain ownership, this reduces the settlement. Or the if you do not specify that this is what you want the insurance company gets the car.
If you want an insurance broker you can look here www.iiaba.net/ or if you just want to get car insurance on your own with out an insurance broker check out Geico.com or allstate.com. or watch tv and there are other car insurance company's there.
The best place to purchase car insurance for rental cars it at the rental car company that you rent the car from. They will always give you an option to buy car insurance if you want to.
It gets a little complicated. When a car is declared a total loss (cost of repair is 75% or more of the value of the car) the insurance pays for the fair value of the car. minus any deductible that applies. If there is a loan recorded against the car, the payment goes first to the company that made the loan, anything left gets paid to the owner. But if you owe more than the car is worth, the insurance company still pays what the car is worth (to the loan company). The owner is then responsible for paying anything the insurance company did not pay. You can look up the fair market value of a car on line at nada bluebook or Kelley blue book.
this depends. if you say have an accident with your car and it is your fault you will have to repair your car and repair another car that you may of hit. however it you buy insurance from an insurance company then the company pays for it.but there are many different types of insurance so i would recommend a company like ISelect which asks you a phew question about the insurance you want and they choose the best insurance deal for you.
It just depends on whether or not the insurance company considers the vehicle worth repairing or not.
In the event of an accident you would take the car to a repair shop approved by your insurance company and then they would determine whether or not your car is worth fixing or to payout the "Kelly blue book" value of your vehicle.
If you carry full collision and replacement of your vehicle, depending on your insurance company, they will pay the blue book value of the car if it is totaled. That is why it is important not to ever owe more than the car is worth, which is referred to as "being upsidedown."