On The Road

On The Road Discussions

Did I mess up?
I just got hired by Pilot, I guess. They called and said get your paperwork in and get ready for a drug test. The lady told me that she knew they would call me so pack my bags. I have all paperwork in, but they haven’t called me for a drug test
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Posted In: General

Stress and Mental Health of Adjusters
Does anyone know of mental health services needed by or provided to claims adjusters suffering from stress related symptoms after a severe cat? I am completing my grad degree, and this is the topic for my reserach paper. I am also an adjuster who has
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Posted In: General

Another Blow to Professional Adjusting
Xactware and ServiceMaster have teamed up to offer insurance carriers a contents estimating service. Now the carriers are using restoration contractors to handle contents claims. Pretty soon there will be nothing for property adjusters to
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Posted In: General

Sandy Discussion
So, here we are Sandy is here. It is really funny how changing jobs from commission to salary changes the perception. When I was a salaried road warrior, I used to beam with joy while seeing those clowns on Weather Channel acting like it's the
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Posted In: General

2007 Version of Know before you Go.
My opine is not as good as the experts; but I think a monster hurricane will hit Texas or Florida with in the next 50 days. All new and old adjusters try not to be cheated by the known and not surfaced vendors and subs of venders and the subs of the
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Posted In: General

How many Independent Adjusters out of work Today
Just curious, How many IA's are there out of work today who don't have other income to survive . How many total adjusters are there in the USA . Including Staff adjusters.? How many newbies still want to get into this stagnant b
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Posted In: General

Claim Scenario for Discussion
Forum Transfer; First posted by Janice Toll The following scenario is presented for discussion: Ms. Insured notices that the shingles on her roof are in pretty bad condition, and being one who likes to keep her home in top notch condition, a
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Posted In: General

"Muffled Cries" story of adjuster killed in Tampa in Nov 04 reruns 9/22/07 at 6:30pm ET
Florida Farm Bureau adjuster, Katie Froeschle, age 25 ,was murdered in Tampa,FL on November 12, 2004 while inspecting a loss by the tenant who is now serving life in prison. Forensic Files investigated this and is re running the story "Muffled C
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Posted In: General

Poor quality report writing
I just wanted to put in my two cents on how to write better reports. Please check these two examples: Example #1 (poor quality) When I decided to go in the back door the homeowner said we should look in the room on the left and we wen
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Posted In: The Claim File

Is the Independent Adjuster Fast Becoming Obsolete?
I have written more than few times about with Satellite roof technology , the fact that Xactimate is now fully integrated with EagleView and with Sketch , once the adjuster enters the sketch properties, that building is forever archived and fut
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Posted In: General

Currently On The Road

Adjusters please be sure to Update your Roster Status should your deployment status change. Thanks

Aaron Zauber
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: Houston, TX
Have reliable truck/ladder, can inspect most steep/high roofs; will travel +/- 100 miles

Status Date: 9/15/2025

Bill Maynard
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: Wyoming
Currently handling daily claims in WY, NE, MO, & S.D. Available for daily claims or Cat claims..

Status Date: 9/6/2025

Gavin Carnahan
Status: Working

Status Date: 9/6/2025

Luke Lamberth
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: San Antonio
Currently based at home in Floresville, TX.

Status Date: 9/5/2025

Selmer Waddy
Status: Working

Status Date: 9/4/2025

Joseph Tobia
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: New Jersey

Status Date: 9/3/2025

Mark Sheary
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.

Status Date: 8/24/2025

Robert Mason
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: Tulsa, OK
Would be available for deployment or daily claims in the Tulsa, OK area.

Status Date: 8/21/2025

Joshua Guest
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: Salt Lake City

Status Date: 8/19/2025

Haley & Eric Dangler
Status: Working
Location: Oklahoma / Texas / Anywhere for emergency
Accepting Carrier Appraisal work, Daily & Cat claims!
Call/Text Eric or Haley : 918-504-6439, 918-859-6900
Email - DuoAdjusters@gmail.com

Status Date: 8/18/2025

Glenn Hawkins AIC
Status: Working
Working Daily Claims claims.
Location: Phoenix
Expert mitigation estimate reviews based on IICRC standards
Not sure what Category or Class your water claim should be?
Need calculations run for the amount of equipment being billed or independent review of drying days?
Need site inspections with moisture mapping?

Status Date: 7/31/2025