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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: 1 | | 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: 2 | | View From the Slough, Too - The Art and Science of Branch Assist by Medulus | | Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - Comments: 5 | | 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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| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
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Comparative Performance of EPDM As Protection Against Hail Damage
By Roy @ 9:24 AM :: 29300 Views ::
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By Ric Vitiello is president of Benchmark Services Inc.
"Among the most serious and challenging threats to the performance of any roofing system is h...
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| Saturday, March 31, 2007 |
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Do it right the first time and reduce re-opens
By Roy @ 3:23 PM :: 48022 Views ::
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This article was moved from the old system. It was written by George Mullet in 2000.
The primary thing an adjuster needs to do is communicate with the insured. I cannot emphasize that enough. We do not know if there is an error, an oversight or what, until we get out there. The adjuster is always supposed to communicate the proposed settlement with an insured and many people tell us they never heard from the adjuster after he was out there. Whether that is true or not is not the issue. If the adjuster is overly clear not only on the amount of the settlement but exactly what he is recommending, it leaves little room for misunderstandings. Further, if he/she is extremely clear, people will not have the tendency to want to say they never heard from the adjuster.
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| Friday, February 16, 2007 |
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They don't just hand you the keys.
By Roy @ 9:52 PM :: 17141 Views ::
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This article comes from a forum post that was made by rass3742 on 9/12/2006
One thing I’ve noticed is the incessant struggle between newbies and veterans of our industry, as they scrimmage to identify the paradigm of CAT adjusting. As a veteran of claims adjusting myself, I have taken the long road here and know that I am better for it.
I have just recently become “active” in reading and posting comments; as such, I hope I am not breaking the rules of CADO by bringing the bulk of a post I already made into this thread. I just think it’s a topic at the front of so many minds here that it might be of interest as its own discussion.
What I’ve been seeing, in a lot of the posts in the CADO community, are seasoned adjusters who are struggling with the seemingly never-ending complaints of start-up adjusters who aren't being handed a living on a silver platter.
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| Friday, December 29, 2006 |
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Where Has All he Adjuster "Professional" Training Gone?
By Roy @ 2:44 PM :: 16416 Views ::
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This is an article written by Jonathan Stein, J.D., CPCU and published in the December 2004 Claims Quarterly. The article is a pdf. In the...
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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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