Info from a coworker that is relocating to North Carolina is that QFC is looking at ways to take over total loss as well.
They want to see if it's feasible to send out vendors tow yards and take photos and adjusters can run the valuation based off of those photos.
This coworker had been told this information a few weeks ago before the layoffs.
My guess is right now QFC is focused on running at 100% nationwide and then they will expand capabilities.
I am an Allstate field tech and will be leaving soon. Nearly every QFC estimate is junk and has significant supplements. I see them literally every day. The QFC tech simply cannot see all the damage from a picture. Adjacent panel contact chips, quarter buckles, rolled fenders, compromised door beams, panel folds, inner bumper beams, rear body panel damage, frame shift, poor gaps, etc, cannot be seen from a computer screen. Most of the time they miss three stage paint (pearl) also. Allstate is hoping 10-20% of the people "cash out" on a bare basic estimate, and will have no supplements.
I heard that there had been total losses handled by OFC.......... TLSR will be next. then they will centralize and closes more offices. paperwork can be handled anywhere.
Some of the large salvage yards already take the needed photos when a vehicle comes in. A value can easily be obtained by those photos that would be better than rapid total loss.
Allstate already has a rapid total loss process. I would not be suprised to see it centralized to the DOC centers using the CIS vendor to get the photos needed to do rapid total losses.