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Motor vehicle recoveries

Specialist recoveries for motor insurers and credit hire operators across Australia. Uninsured at-fault drivers, inter-insurer disputes, and accident replacement vehicle costs, fast, evidence-led, and fully compliant.

Who we recover for

Three client types, one specialty floor

Every collector is trained in the common-law principles, quantum rules, and Insurance Contracts Act provisions that govern motor recoveries in Australia.

01

Motor insurers

Pursuing uninsured at-fault drivers

Your insured wasn't at fault. You've paid the claim. Now the at-fault driver has no insurance, and you want every dollar back. We handle the full lifecycle: investigation, letter of demand, skip tracing, hardship assessment, payment plans, and Statement of Claim where required.

  • Repair cost, towing, demurrage
  • Hire car / loss of use
  • Excess recovery from at-fault driver
  • Aged-file revival (180+ days)
03

Credit hire companies

Accident replacement vehicle recovery

The at-fault insurer owes your customer the reasonable cost of a like-for-like replacement vehicle, Lee v Strelnicks (2019 WASCA 145) and decades of case law confirm it. We get those invoices paid, defend daily rate and duration on the evidence, and escalate when insurers stall.

  • Daily rate and duration defence
  • Mitigation and like-for-like evidence
  • GST and quantum calculations
  • Aged invoice revival
Motor sub-specialties

The full scope of a motor file

Every motor recovery file touches multiple heads of damage and evidence streams. We handle each one in-house.

01

Pre-legal recovery

Letter of demand, structured multi-channel follow-up. Most files resolve here, faster and cheaper than legal.

02

Licensed skip tracing

Locate uninsured at-fault drivers who've gone dark. Address, employment, and asset verification across Australia.

03

Inter-insurer negotiation

Stalled IRA files, disputed quantum, liability arguments, and contributory negligence, we break the deadlock.

04

Credit hire recovery

Daily rate and duration defence, mitigation evidence, and quantum calculation. We know what the at-fault insurer will and won't concede.

05

Quantum & evidence

Like-for-like hire class defence, daily-rate comparables, duration reasonableness, and mitigation packs on every file.

06

Contributory negligence

Split-fault apportionment, evidence rebuild, police report, witness statements, photos, dash-cam, and negotiation from strength.

07

Multi-vehicle & fleet

Complex multi-party incidents, fleet recoveries, and apportioned liability across several at-fault parties.

08

Demurrage & loss of use

Commercial vehicle downtime, taxi and rideshare loss of earnings, documented and pursued.

09

Legal recovery & enforcement

Statement of Claim, default judgment, garnishee, and examination summons, coordinated with state-based panel solicitors.

10

Portfolio placement

Bulk placement of aged files at commercial contingency rates. No recovery, no fee. Volume discounts available.

11

Hardship & payment plans

ACCC/ASIC Guideline-aligned hardship assessment and sustainable payment arrangements for uninsured drivers.

12

Aged-file revival

Files 180+ days old where the trail has gone cold. Fresh skip trace, updated evidence, and renewed demand.

In practice

Results that move your loss ratio

Uninsured 3rd Party

Aged uninsured portfolio

A national motor insurer placed 420 aged files (>180 days) with us. Skip tracing revived 63% and most resolved pre-legal within four months.

68%Recovery rate within 120 days
Inter-Insurer

Disputed-quantum logjam

85 stalled IRA files with another insurer over hire rates, demurrage, and contributory negligence. We rebuilt the evidence and reopened negotiations.

$2.1MRecovered across portfolio
Credit Hire

Accident replacement book

A credit hire operator placed their aged invoice book. We defended daily rates and durations with mitigation evidence and got recoveries moving again.

90 daysMedian time to payment

Figures illustrative, replace with approved client case studies before publishing.

Frequently asked

What claims & recovery managers ask us

Do you only handle motor recoveries?

Motor is our only book today. Uninsured third-party, inter-insurer, and credit hire, nothing else. Every collector on our floor is trained specifically in motor recoveries, quantum, and the Insurance Contracts Act.

How do you price?

Commercial contingency on most files, no recovery, no fee. Hourly options for legal and complex inter-insurer disputes. Volume discounts for portfolio placement.

Can you integrate with our claims system?

Yes. API, secure CSV, and email referral. We onboard new clients in 48 hours for CSV referrals and 5–10 business days for full API integration.

How do you handle credit hire recoveries differently?

Credit hire is a quantum game. We defend daily rate against comparables, duration against the case law on "reasonable period," and like-for-like class against the at-fault insurer's downgrade attempts. Mitigation evidence on every file.

What about uninsured drivers in genuine hardship?

We follow the Debt Collection Guideline: for collectors and creditors to the letter. Hardship assessment, sustainable payment plans, and proper documentation. We collect ethically, it's also more effective.

Can you handle interstate recoveries?

Yes, we operate nationally with panel solicitors in NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, and SA for legal escalation.

Let's get your motor files paid.

15-minute recovery review with one of our motor specialists. Bring a sample file or an aged portfolio, we'll tell you what's recoverable.