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Provide comprehensive photographs and supporting repair documentation.
Need another estimate to compare with the insurance company's initial repair estimate? Additional damage, parts, procedures and specialized services can emerge after teardown. Virtual Collision Appraisals helps collision repair facilities document and support those additional repair requirements—without waiting for an appraiser to travel to the shop.
Modern vehicles combine body components with sophisticated safety and driver-assistance technology. What looks like visible body damage can involve a much larger repair story.
A photograph may show a damaged bumper.
But what about the radar sensor behind it?
VCA works from shop-supplied documentation to prepare a clear supplemental appraisal.
Provide comprehensive photographs and supporting repair documentation.
Send photos, invoices and relevant repair information to VCA.
Our experienced appraiser evaluates documented additional damage and requirements.
VCA prepares the supplemental appraisal with appropriate supporting information.
Clear documentation helps keep the claim and repair process moving forward.
More than four decades of collision damage appraisal experience, including over 20 years working with CCC One.
No waiting for an appraiser to travel to your facility. Documentation can be submitted remotely for review.
We understand hidden damage, parts considerations, specialized services and advanced vehicle systems.
Supplemental appraisals are built from photographs, invoices and repair documentation supplied by the facility.
When additional damage is discovered, getting the documentation addressed quickly can help keep repairs moving.
Our work begins when additional repair requirements are identified—not when the initial estimate is written.
Whether you're an independent collision repair facility, a local auto body shop handling insurance claims, or part of a larger repair organization, VCA provides virtual supplemental appraisal support designed around today's collision repair process.
If the insurance company's initial estimate does not appear to account for all of the vehicle's repair requirements, Virtual Collision Appraisals can provide virtual supplemental appraisal support based on photographs, invoices and repair documentation supplied by the collision repair facility. This can help identify and document additional collision damage, parts, calibration, alignment, glass, diagnostic and other required repair services.
A supplemental appraisal is designed to document additional repair requirements—it is not a promise that an insurance company will approve a particular amount or claim.
When repairs reveal more than the initial estimate showed, make sure the additional damage and required services are properly documented.