The traps · theft paperwork

Stolen phone? The claim needs a police report.

Damage claims run on photos and deductibles. Theft claims run on a police report — and the requirement is discovered, by many customers, only when its absence becomes the denial. Here is the rule as the terms hold it, and the detail that matters most: the report and the claim must tell the same story.

The rule

The mismatch trap

The report is not a formality; it is graded against the claim. The date on the report becomes a loss date. The description in the report becomes the incident description. If the report says Saturday and the claim call said Friday, you have manufactured the #1 denial reason on this site — a loss-date discrepancy — out of two honest documents. File the report first, or keep its facts in front of you on the claim call, and use one date and one description everywhere.

Practical notes

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The working papers for this fight

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  • The trap map: theft claims carry three extra traps — this page's rule is only the first
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