If you want to keep a totaled car, the insurance company will determine the salvage value and deduct that from your settlement check. You can still get liability insurance (if there are no safety issues related to the damage), but not collision or comprehensive unless you have the repairs made.
The insurance company. They have in theory bought the car or what was left of it.
Hi, It depends on what type of insurance you had. Liability, full coverage...etc...Call your insurance company and find out.
used of automobiles; completely demolished; "the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled"
you will have to pay a debt and GET CAR INSURANCE
Have the car appraised.
An insurance company declares a vehicle totaled when the cost to fix the vehicle exceeds 70% or more of its market value.
If you have the proper insurance or you were hit by someone you will surrender the car and the title to the insurance company and they will pay you the actual cash value of the car before it was hit.
I totaled my Mustang and was able to buy it back from the insurance company. They gave me the Blue-Book value less my $500 deductable. They would not insure it after I repaired it, I had to switch insurance carriers to get coverage.
Typically you need a car with insurance to get a title loan. If your car is totaled, the loan company are entitled to that money since they hold the title for your car.
The insurance company will pay the finance company not you.
When a vehicle covered by insurance gets wrecked, the insurance company looks at how much it will cost to repair. If repairing the bike costs more than it is worth, then the insurance company declares it totaled and pays for a replacement.
Some insurance companies will sell the car back to the owner. Others sell the totaled car to a salvage yard.