Last updated 2025-10-30

Specialty Vehicle Appraisal unit assignment criteria

Estimators must assign the estimating activity to the specialty vehicle appraisal (SVA) unit when it meets the criteria.

Criteria

Estimators must assign the estimating activity to the specialty vehicle appraisal (SVA) unit when the
  • claim is for a vehicle with a Special Risk Own Damage Policy (APV274)
  • claim is for a vehicle with a model year of 1973 or older where coverage is provided under ICBC's
    • Collector Motor Vehicle Agreed Value Policy (APV348) - Actual Cash Value
    • Modified Collector Vehicle Policy (MV1437) - Declared Value, or
    • Vintage Motor Vehicle Certificate (APV44) - Stated Value, and
  • vehicle meets specialty vehicle criteria as provided in the Vehicle list for the specialty vehicle appraisal (SVA) unit, and is a potential total loss.
Note: To warrant assignment to the SVA unit, the vehicle must meet SVA vehicle criteria or have one of the aforementioned policies. For example, a Tesla is on the SVA criteria list, but would not have one of the listed policies. Refer to Additional Coverages for information on collector or vintage vehicle policies.
Parent topic: Actual cash value policy