Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
Technically, when a bike is written off, it becomes the property of the insurer, once they have paid out. They get to deregister it and collect the unused portion of the rego fee/s...

Either way, the unused portion of registration IS refunded - to the legal owner/owner as on the papers.
This is correct, AND ... I've highlghted the important bit for you. The bike belongs to you, NOT the insurance company, untill such time that the insurance company purchases the bike off you by paying you out. So while the bike still belongs to you I suggest you pop along to your local post shop or whatever and cancel the registration and thus get your remaining registration fees refunded to you. Oh, and I wouldn't bother mentioning your intentions to your insurance company either lest they beat you to it. Let them find out for themselves when they try and deregister it further down the track.

I found all this out a while ago when a mate wrote off his work van. He found out the rules and also found out that the insurance assessor (in his case) was deregistering vehicles and pocketing the refunds as a perk for himself. The assessor was NOT happy when he found out he'd missed out on that particular perk.

So get on to it tout suite mate and go get your money back.