We received XXXX insurance settlement checks in XXXX this year for a claim from storm damage. XXXX check issued for {$10000.00} to XXXX XXXX and Bank of America as payment towards the estimated loss of {$24000.00} for water damage to our basement. A XXXX check was jointly issued to XXXX XXXX and Bank of America for XXXX for the storm roof damage. After several attempts to work with the bank, they are refusing to release the funds unless we have a general contractor fill out a XXXX and received payment for both checks. Bank of America wants to issue XXXX check to XXXX XXXX and a general contractor for {$18000.00}. 
Since the insurance settlement payment was much less than the total loss, we did most of the contracting ourselves and hired individual contractors to do the work. 
The problem being that no one wants to be on the XXXX check as they will be charged taxes on the entire amount even though they are only completing a small portion of the work. 
At this point we are at an impasse with the bank and now the bank is encouraging us to get a construction loan and to forgo the insurance settlement. 
