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NICB VINCheck Service Enhanced With Photo Search Capability

November 9, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the insurance industry’s association dedicated to predicting, preventing, and prosecuting insurance crime, proudly announces an upgrade to its popular VINCheck service. A new photo feature allows users to take a picture of the vehicle identification number with any camera-ready device, and VINCheck will take care of the rest.   […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Flood Damage, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Total Loss

As Many As 212,000 Vehicles Damaged by Hurricane Ida

September 16, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARFAX projects widespread flooding in New York City, New Jersey and Louisiana will lead to large number of flood damaged vehicles. In the wake of Hurricane Ida and other intense storms across the United States, consumers need to be on alert for flooded vehicles resurfacing on the used car market. CARFAX data suggests widespread flooding […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Carfax, Flood Damage, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York City

Mississippi Collision Repair Association Partners with Insurance Department to Protect Buyers from Flooded Vehicles

January 11, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision repair association members will provide free inspections of used vehicles. The Mississippi Insurance Department and the Mississippi Collision Repair Association have teamed up to protect residents from buying cars damaged by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Following the two storms, officials say thousands of flood-damaged vehicles have made their way from Texas, Louisiana and Florida […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Flood Damage, Insurance Commissioner, Mississippi, National Insurance Crime Bureau

NICB Says New Estimates of 100,000 Insured Vehicles Damaged in Louisiana Flooding

September 6, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The August downpours that dumped more than 30 inches of rain in two days on parts of Louisiana have left as many as 100,000 cars and trucks damaged – and that’s only counting insured vehicles. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), says claims reporting and vehicle recovery efforts that were initially slowed by the large […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Flood Damage, Louisiana, National Insurance Crime Bureau

NICB Processing Flood Damaged Vehicles from SC Floods

October 14, 2015 By CollisionWeek Editor

As South Carolina struggles to recover from record-breaking rainfall and flooding, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is working with law enforcement agencies, insurance and car rental companies to identify and catalog water-damaged vehicles and keep them from being resold to unsuspecting consumers. Authorities estimate that thousands of vehicles may have been flooded. “Unfortunately, natural […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Flood Damage, NICB, Total Loss

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