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Last Post 07/15/2010 4:25 PM by  ChuckDeaton
Too Many Adjusters???
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JimGary
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06/06/2010 9:06 PM
    There have been numerous posts regarding the number of adjusters entering the property field. Believe or not, there seems to be a shortage of experienced auto adjusters. For those property guys with auto experience sitting on the sidelines, you might let your vendor know of your experience and get deployed on an auto assignment. Not as long or profitable as a property assignment, but pays the bills. Just a thought.
     
    JWG
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    stormcrow
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    06/06/2010 9:26 PM
    Is a person with a trainning school certificate and maybe 1 storm an adjuster? When does a wantabe become an adjuster?
    I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers.
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    Leland
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    06/07/2010 10:33 AM
    For whatever it is worth I was once told on this website that I would never be an adjuster. For all I know they might have been right. I still do things wrong.
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    StormSupport
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    06/07/2010 9:55 PM
    Bless you, Leland for admitting to being human!!! 
    Seems to me, when I was much younger, I knew everything...now, it seems that I've either forgotten it or never knew it in the first place!  :)
    Do the right thing, ALWAYS
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    ddreisbach
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    06/08/2010 9:11 AM
    My vendor is apparently short of auto adjusters since they've offered classes to property guys to make the switch.
     
    My concern would be that once I'm on the auto side I'd be there forever.  Worked commercial for awhile and had to beg for a residential assignment.
     
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    JimGary
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    06/08/2010 11:55 AM
    Posted By ddreisbach on 08 Jun 2010 09:11 AM

    My concern would be that once I'm on the auto side I'd be there forever. 
     

    That is a concern. I chose to go back to auto as "a bird in the hand", and it has turned out well for me. I am working while many property guys are waiting for the call. I wouldn't suggest throwing away your ladder, but as the property line gets longer, one might consider going to an auto cat.
     
    JWG
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    JimGary
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    06/08/2010 11:58 AM
    Posted By Jim on 08 Jun 2010 11:55 AM

    ...but as the property line gets longer,....



    There are not a lot of weekend schools churning out auto adjusters....
    JWG
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    cleez1096
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    06/09/2010 4:45 PM
    Are the vendors willing to hire newly licensed adjusters? I have just acquired my adjuster license and have been state farm certified to do auto adjusting is there more that can be done to assure that I am well-qualified as well as not get overwhelmed while deployed?
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    Tim Wieneke
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    06/11/2010 8:15 PM
    I have no problem handling million dollar property claims but I SUCK at auto.... I tried 3 of them and royally screwed them up. My hat goes off to good auto adjusters.
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    jrlmhicks@aol.com
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    06/28/2010 5:05 PM
    Hi,
    I have been in the automotive field for 20+ years. I have been estimating and appraising most of that time. I just recieved my Texas All Lines License. Do you have any suggestions of whom to call to get some work.
    I also can strip a bike down to the frame and build it back better. Along with all that I also do boats and RV's .
     Please email me at jrlmhicks@aol.com with any information that could help  me.
    Thank you,
    Harold Hicks
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    olderthendirt
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    06/28/2010 7:56 PM
    You could either apply at 7-11 or read the hundreds of post on this subject.  ps a thick skin helps.
    Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put in it
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    JimGary
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    06/29/2010 2:04 PM
    Harold, Contact the vendors that handle auto cats and submit a resume. Jump through their hoops and you'll land on a roster.
    I know the voices aren't real, but sometimes they're right!
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    southpaw21
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    06/30/2010 9:50 PM
    whos your vendor?
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    Ray Hall
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    07/08/2010 12:08 PM
    Lots of experienced adjusters looking for work today. The new people will be in back of the long line, but keep on plugging. Any thing like practice you can do when you have time will help you make it, if you get called out. You are normally evaluated in your first 7 days and it sticks with you. Remember the people who are supposed to get these files through will know how much you can MAKE them, and you have to show it right at the start.
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    Ray Hall
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    07/08/2010 12:13 PM
    You should not have to be at a house with lots of roof and interior damage more than about 20-30 min. to take all the notes, measurements , xcopes, photos and then to the next one, do six a day ever day with good scopes, photos-descriptions-reports and you will be on your way until that storm runs out. It may be next morth or 2 years later before you go out again...... WOW waiting on weather.
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    ddreisbach
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    07/09/2010 9:05 AM
    I'm impressed, Ray.
     
    Only 20-30 minutes at "a house with lots of roof and interior damage".  
     
    You're a better man than I am!
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    Joeblack
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    07/11/2010 4:19 PM
    Photo, diagram, measure, and scope the interior damage of 5 or 6 rooms, then go set up a ladder to go on the roof; photo, diagram, measure, and scope the roof; then go back inside to explain the damage/coverage to the insured, answer any questions the insured has, put your ladder away, and go to the next one. Takes me a lot longer than 20-30 minutes.
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    Ray Hall
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    07/13/2010 6:34 PM
    If you leave at 0730 amd get back after lunch and start writing up the six losses you scoped that day thats 6 scopes devided by 5.5 hrs or 330 min. including drive time= 330=55 min per house. Just don,t talk so much. It takes 6 a day ever day or go home..... correct.
     
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    Ol' Ghost
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    07/13/2010 8:03 PM
    Oh, Ray, about that six a day every day, they need to be on an appointment basis. Don't be late!

    Ol' Ghost
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    RandyC
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    07/14/2010 5:26 PM
    And don't be early. Take your time, look at the hailstones they saved in the freezer, empathize with their problem, pet the puppy, kiss the baby, and get all the upside down serial numbers on the $400 grill with a pimple dimple in the cover. Don't forget to negotiate a buy back for the grill and the metal storage building with two pimple dimples. Count the hail broken pickets of ten foot of fence, then extrapolate that over 78 foot on that side, then do the other side and back (diagram the play fort)...and measurements. Get an overview of each screen that is damaged...and a close up. Document and quantify the steel gutter from the aluminum and plastic...and the same for the downspouts. You'll be moving fast, but don't let that blur your image. If the sun is bright take a couple of shots from different directions. Do three test squares in case the first two slopes are less than 50%. Send in your specialty roof review early, so it won't hold up your claim. With the new fee schedules down and gas prices up, five a day will pay your expenses. Six a day should make you $60,000 to $100,00 per month as they say on the internet...and the bar...right?
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