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Last Post 01/17/2010 12:42 PM by  Tom Toll
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01/13/2010 8:59 AM

    Has anyone heard of Farm Bureau Tech? What kind of reputation does this company have? Are they nationally recognized by the big carriers and large IA companies for their training capabilities? Would you recommend them for training? I have been advised by a few IA companies to get additional training but I don't know if I should stick with Vale or Crawford or go with a little cheaper training facility. I know cheaper isn't necessarily better or worse, but more expensive isn't necessarily better either. I have also been advised to get training for property, auto and casualty adjusting. Does this make sense for someone like me who basically wants to do only daily claims? Please give me some feed back. I am new and need the training so some honest straight forward advise would help. Thank you.

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    01/13/2010 9:27 AM

    IA  firms working daily claims need people with 3-5 years training by someone else. A insurance company, GAB, Crawford & Company, Cunningham- Lindsey etc. The do not have the time to spend on a person that can not do the job. If you had 5 years catastrophe adjusting behind you you would still not be qualified. Its almost like day and night. Many fathers have trained their sons as an IA to take over the business and they GET the trainee on with an insurance company when they get their degree. You can do it but no short cuts to the career you want to follow.

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    01/13/2010 10:13 AM

    I attended Farm Bureau Tech back in the mid sixties. It was a great training facility then and I must assume it has gotten even better. Vale Tech would be number one as far as I am concerned. Both of them are great facilities.

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    01/13/2010 11:07 AM

    A good training facility like Farm Bureau Tech or Vale is a good start. I would also recommend taking the INS and then the AIC courses of study from AICPCU. These are self study with a test administered at a testing facility. These courses will help you "get it" as far as what insurance is all about, and they are highly respected in the industry.

    Steve Ebner CPCU AIC AMIM

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    01/14/2010 6:48 AM
    F.B. Tech is absolutely worth the $$$ they charge, nice folks too. They primarily use / teach Simsol unless something has changed in the last couple of years
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    01/14/2010 6:59 PM

    I was staff for Farm Bureau and they are first class. I did not know they opened Tech to the 'public'.

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    01/15/2010 10:10 AM

    They haven't actually opened training up to the public, I was encouraged to attend there. I called FB Tech and inquired about enrollment. A person has to work for an IA companay or carrier or they have to be sponsored by the IA company or a carrier. I will be sponsored by an IA company if I choose to proceed. Thank you all for the advise. I think I will go with FB Tech because they are a little less expensive and they are closer to my location.

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    01/17/2010 12:42 PM

    You are making a good decision. I learned a lot when I was a new adjuster from FB Tech. I understand they have improved their facilities even more.

    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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