Texas Winter Storm Brings Avalanche of Insurance Claims – Here’s What You Need to Know as a CAT Adjuster Read more
Is It Really Just The Money ,(The Bonum and the Summum Bonum)? A Blog post from the archive. It occurred to me that this was just another perk of being a catadjuster. I have lived in many places, been a gypsy most of my life. When I think back, my life comes back to me in bits and pieces, as a bit of what happened in this place and a bit... Read more
Cat Adjusting as a Profession (Is It For Me?) From the Article Archive Title: Cat Adjusting as a Profession (Is It For Me?) First Posted: Friday, November 26, 2004 Author: Gary White My son is now ready to go to college away from home and excluding approximately 21 months in an attempt to try... Read more
Catadjusting and Crisis Intervention 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. Read more
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... Read more
The “Killer” amongst us. There are many ways to approach the demise of the catastrophe adjuster. 1) The fatal auto accident. 2) The falling off the roof. 3) The stroke 4) The heart attack Many of the above are related to the difficult and... Read more
Do it right the first time and reduce re-opens 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... Read more
They don't just hand you the keys. 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... Read more