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Insurance Firms Can't Drop Floridians Yet
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Friday, November 26, 2004
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Florida officials approved a rule Tuesday that prevents insurance companies from canceling or not renewing homeowners policies through the end of this year for hurricane victims who are still waiting for repairs.
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Cat Adjusting as a Profession (Is It For Me?)
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Friday, November 26, 2004
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My name is Gary White and I am a second generation insurance adjuster. My Dad was with GAB for 26 years before he and a number of "old time" adjusters decided to open up their own shop and leave GAB which had used their talent for an unbelievable small amount of income with a pittance for a per diem. Dad was gone about 3 or 4 times a year for 8 weeks straight working catastrophes and
then supervising same. As a kid, I really missed all the times Dad was not home for my ball games, scouting activities and just for his wisdom.
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WEATHERING HURRICANE SEASON
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11/11/04
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As the holiday season rapidly approaches, many of us, especially those with travel plans, look anxiously to our weather experts to see what Mother Nature has in store. Will the kids be able to make it in for Thanksgiving dinner, or will a nefarious nor’easter cause them to be late for the sumptuous repast that awaits them? Will there be a white Christmas and, if so, how white and how deep? Will we find ourselves needing snow plows instead of snow shovels, or will the winter days be rainy, damp and dismal?
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Insurance adjuster murdered
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11/14/04
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A Farm Bureau insurance adjuster was murdered while making an inspection. We at CADO wish to extend our prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Katrina Froeschle.
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Florida Financial Services Commission Emergency Rule # 69OER04-19
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11/1/04
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The emergency rule sets strict timeframes for insurance companies to make initial damage assessments, process and settle claims, including paying additional living expenses to Floridians unable to remain in their homes due to storm damage.
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Severe Weather Lashes Cars, Homes With Large Hail
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11/23/04
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Parts of East Texas suffered damage from large hail with this morning's storms. Windshields were damaged, cars were dented, and insurance adjusters will be out surveying the aftermath.
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Insurers reacted quickly to Florida claims
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Saturday, November 27, 2004
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Lessons from past, new technology improved their service to insured.
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Claim Stats
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Saturday, November 27, 2004
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The web has provided access to claim stats.
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Hurricane Insurance
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Sunday, November 28, 2004
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"The Allstate Floridian Companies make a commitment to be there for customers when their property is damaged. However, no one could have foreseen the impact of this year's hurricane season. Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank the tens of thousands of our customers for their support and patience throughout their claims process.
More than 3,000 adjusters, employees and agencies worked, and continue to work, countless hours (with many averaging 12-hour to 15-hour days), giving an extraordinary effort to help people recover from the devastation of these hurricanes."
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Insurers weather hurricane season
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Sunday, November 28, 2004
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"We're a little bit like the Boston Red Sox," said Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center. "Going into this, nobody thought we'd be able to get it done, either."
To handle the flood of claims, insurers have sent out battalions of adjusters. Bailey said there were more than 15,000 adjusters working throughout the state. Some settled claims on the spot, writing homeowners checks for their damages.
And technology helped, too.
"Andrew was the first disaster where we had cell phones," said Ray Davidson, an adjuster from The Hartford. "This is the first where we have laptops and wireless."
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Adjusting Articles
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| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
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Common Estimating Errors
By Roy @ 10:27 AM :: 21175 Views ::
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By John Postava; First posted in the forum.
"They say there have been more mistakes made by computers than Tequila and Hand Guns combined....
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| Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
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Catadjusting and Crisis Intervention
By Medulus @ 9:52 AM :: 29919 Views ::
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This is an article I have considered writing for years, one that deals with some of the emotional/psychological elements of working with people who have experienced personal crisis as a result of a catastrophic event, especially with regard to what this means for effective claim settlement.
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| Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
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View From the Slough, Too - The Art and Science of Branch Assist
By Medulus @ 1:03 PM :: 31040 Views ::
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View From the Slough, Too
The Art and Science of Branch Assist
I originally wrote this article back in 2001, and hundred of people read it on CADO, but at some point the link to the article became bad. So, for years I have not even been able to access it. I thought the article was lost for good until I recently discovered it on an old backup data disk. Because the conditions in catadjusting in 2001 and 2007 are so similar, I thought it would be a good time to update and revise the article to make it more current and to repost it on CADO. I know there is a danger of sharing too many secrets about how to get by in this business, especially when so many thousands have been added to our ranks with the storms of 2004 and 2005. But it is mainly those with experience and knowledge that will be able to benefit from this information. And I have always been willing to help those who deserve to be helped.
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| Friday, March 30, 2007 |
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Ladder Safety
By Roy @ 11:19 AM :: 38022 Views ::
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This is a repost of the article. We are moving all articles from the old format to the new format.
 As hail season approaches we want to remind everybody to think ladder safety each and ever time you grab that ladder. OSHA has reported that the most recent accident statistics suggest that the working men and women in America abuse and misuse ladders in the workplace as a rule rather than an exception.
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| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
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Analog Adjusting in a Digital World
By Jack Gibson @ 2:15 PM :: 8271 Views ::
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In this article, William S. (Sandy) Rodgers, AIC,a 40 year veteran of the insurance industry, provides a historical review on the evolution of the claims professional away from seasoned practitioners to less experienced and, often, inadequately paid individuals. He emphasizes that a change must take place, or the future of claims adjusting will be in jeopardy.
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| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
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IKE LOSSES MAY PUT A MAJOR STRAIN ON TWIA
By R. Estes @ 7:51 AM :: 19943 Views ::
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State-run insurer of last resort bears much of coastal cost
By Mary Williams Walsh
© 2008 The New York Times,
Reproduced under license from
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Lastest Articles
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| Analog Adjusting in a Digital World by Jack Gibson | | Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Comments: 0 | | IKE LOSSES MAY PUT A MAJOR STRAIN ON TWIA by Roy Estes | | Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Comments: 0 | | Comparative Performance of EPDM As Protection Against Hail Damage by host | | Posted: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - Comments: 0 | | Common Estimating Errors by host | | Posted: Friday, February 29, 2008 - Comments: 0 | | Catadjusting and Crisis Intervention by Medulus | | Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007 - Comments: 1 | | View From the Slough, Too - The Art and Science of Branch Assist by Medulus | | Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - Comments: 4 | | Do it right the first time and reduce re-opens by host | | Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2007 - Comments: 1 | | Ladder Safety by host | | Posted: Friday, March 30, 2007 - Comments: 0 | | They don't just hand you the keys. by host | | Posted: Friday, February 16, 2007 - Comments: 0 | | Where Has All he Adjuster "Professional" Training Gone? by host | | Posted: Friday, December 29, 2006 - Comments: 0 |
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