Insurance dispositions · Cancelled projects · Recovered & repossessed assets

You have a claim to close, or a project that stopped.
We take the whole thing.

Adjusters, risk managers, receivers and project owners come to us with the same problem: a large quantity of real, physical assets that has to leave the books, be accounted for properly, and not turn up somewhere embarrassing. We buy the lot outright or bring the buyer, we document it, and we do not come back three weeks later asking to renegotiate the half we liked.

43Years in the trade
355Vehicles, one insurance write-off
53Assets, one cancelled build-out
1Counterparty, whole lot

Who this page is for

If one of these is your job this week, you are in the right place.

Insurance adjusters & claims managers

A total loss, a water or fire event, a cargo or transit claim. The insured has been paid and the salvage is now yours to move. You need one buyer for the whole lot and a paper trail that survives your file review.

Risk & corporate asset managers

Equipment written down, a warehouse being closed, a product line discontinued. It is occupying space and depreciating while the internal approvals crawl. You need a defensible disposal, not an auction that runs for six weeks.

Receivers, lenders & trustees

Repossessed, foreclosed or abandoned assets you did not choose and cannot use. Duty to realise value, no appetite for a long marketing exercise, and every step has to be documented for the estate.

Project owners, GCs & developers

The build stopped. Switchgear, chillers, panels, fit-out — brand new, factory-sealed, on a purchase order nobody will now honour. The lead times that made it valuable to you make it valuable to somebody else.

Two dispositions we have already closed

Not a description of what we would do. Both of these are on this site right now, with the manifest detail, our own inspector’s photographs and, on the first one, video.

Insurance write-off · 355 vehicles

An insurer paid out on a fleet of brand-new, never-registered electric vehicles after water reached the warehouse floor. It never reached the cars. The insurer took the fleet; we are placing it. Right-hand drive, held in a Free Trade Zone warehouse, never titled in any country, twenty-five sample chassis numbers published in the open so any buyer can decode them himself.

See the fleet, the video and the VINs →

Cancelled build-out · 53 assets

A data centre project stopped and left 53 major assets — 82+ pieces — brand new and factory-sealed. Medium-voltage switchgear, deadfront switchboards, motor control centres and panelboards from S&C, Siemens, ABB, Square D and Eaton. Never installed, never energised, and worth more to a contractor who cannot wait six to twelve months for the OEM.

See the data-centre equipment →

What we need before we can give you a number

Five things. If you only have three of them, send three — we have started from less.

1A rough manifest

Asset list, model numbers, quantities. A spreadsheet is ideal. A photograph of a printed list is fine.

2Where it physically sits

City and country, and whether it is in a bonded or free-trade facility. Freight is a large part of the number.

3Condition, in your words

New, sealed, damaged, partial, water-affected, short-dated. Tell us the bad part; finding it ourselves costs you more than disclosing it.

4Whatever photographs exist

Phone photographs on the warehouse floor beat a brochure. We do not need them staged.

5Who has authority to sign

Insurer, receiver, titleholder or corporate owner — and whether you are that party or acting for them.

How the paperwork and the money work

This is the part that decides whether a disposal is defensible six months later, so it is the part we write down first.

Our role is documented before anything moves

Whether we are buying for our own account or representing a buyer is established and put in writing at the start, not discovered at the end.

We do not hold your funds

Proven Performer does not hold third-party purchase funds. Money moves through escrow or to verified titleholder banking details confirmed in writing — never informal wire instructions passed by chat.

Release after cleared funds

Goods and full documentation release only once funds have cleared. That protects you as much as it protects the buyer, and it is the line item your file review will look for.

Confidentiality, and brand protection

Seller identity, pricing and sensitive detail stay confidential. Public marketing of represented inventory happens only with your written authorisation, and brand-sensitive lots can be placed into export markets away from the original channel.

Frequently asked questions

Do you buy the whole claim, or cherry-pick the good units?
The whole lot. Cherry-picking is what leaves an adjuster holding the residue nobody wants, which is the problem he was trying to close in the first place. We price the lot as it stands, damage and all, and we take what comes with it.
The asset is damaged, or partially damaged. Does that stop you?
No. A 355-vehicle fleet we placed this year was an insurance write-off after water reached the warehouse floor. Damaged, cosmetically marked, water-affected, past best-by, incomplete — those are the conditions this trade exists for. What we need is an honest description; we would far rather be told about the damage than find it.
How do you document the disposal for our file?
Our role and authority are documented before anything moves. You get the buyer of record, the transfer terms, and confirmation of release after cleared funds. Proven Performer does not hold third-party purchase funds — money moves through escrow or to verified titleholder banking details confirmed in writing, never informal instructions passed by chat.
Will the manufacturer or our policyholder see this on the open market?
Only if you authorise it. Seller identity, pricing and sensitive transaction detail stay confidential, and public marketing of represented inventory happens only with the seller's written authorisation. On brand-sensitive lots we can place into export markets away from the original channel.
What do you need before you can give me a number?
A rough manifest or asset list, where it physically sits, condition in your own words, quantity, and whatever photographs exist — phone photographs are fine. If a manifest does not exist yet, send the description and quantity and we will work from that.
How fast does this move?
Depends on the lot. A single trailer of consumer goods can be priced the same day. A 53-asset electrical package or a 355-unit vehicle fleet takes an inspection and a real conversation. We do not run a countdown at you and we do not respond to one being run at us.
Do you pay brokers and intermediaries?
Yes. Commission is available to qualified brokers who bring a real disposition, agreed in writing before anything moves.
Are you buying for your own account, or representing a buyer?
Both, and we tell you which before you decide anything. Proven Performer buys select inventories directly and represents sellers on others. When we own the inventory the buyer pays the applicable selling entity; when we represent it the buyer pays the seller or titleholder directly.

Send us the file.

A manifest, a location, a few photographs. If it is a real disposition we will tell you the same week whether we are the buyer, whether we can bring one, or whether you are better off somewhere else — and we will say which.

Email the file to John
John Clark, Founder of Proven Performer
John Clark — Founder, Proven Performer
43 years trading surplus and closeout inventory, since 1983. Send me the file directly: WhatsApp · john@provenperformer.com
Intelligent Magic Group, S.R.L.
Costa Rican Corporate ID 3-102-718411
Registered 22 June 2016 · Operating since May 2009
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