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Total loss frequency hit a record 23.1 percent in 2025. Tariffs, sensor calibration, and an aging fleet are pushing more cars over the threshold. Here is how that reshapes your ACV and diminished value settlement.
Car color is one of the most overlooked variables in vehicle appraisal. Here is how it affects your resale baseline, your ACV calculation, and your diminished value claim after a collision.
Your car gets totaled. The insurance company sends a settlement offer and you look at the number, frown, and wonder how they got there. Then
