Don, I believe we can blame the vendors for bending over to the companies and allowing these low schedules to exist. One cutting the others throat, (and ours) by cutting prices to get the business. It is the adjuster that is getting the business, if you get what I mean.
Tom, you are 100% correct. The fees have been getting lower and lower. Also, it is really up to the adjuster as far as the compensation goes. The "big" money is not out there anymore, however, an efficient and smart adjuster with his/hers priorities set right will feel good at the end of the storm with what was made. But it doesnt end there. After one returns home from a storm they have to rememeber the dry spells that may lie ahead.
I agree the good storms or big money seem to becoming a rare event. But, I still see some that say that they had a good year. How profitable the adjuster is as you stated Cory mainly depends on how efficient the adjuster is. I used to know adjusters that would turn down “clean-up” because they felt that they would lose a chance at the big one. In the last three or so years I have had less problems filling clean-up slots.
Here are some links to more discussions on compensation. please note that in the discussions listed below the posts are in reverse order, newest - oldest.
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