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Monday 24 August 2015

Insurance Adjuster; They Are Either For You Or Against You

By Shawn Hunter


Insurance processes can be quite tricky and overdrawn this especially when seeking compensation after a loss. The claims making process by the insured after a loss has been known to be painstakingly slow even back here in Shelby. Our lovely township. But for these process as well, we have professionals that can help you seek compensation. They are trained as Insurance Adjuster dealing with claims on the insured behalf to get the best possible claim amounts is part of their job description.

For the many fields of insurance exist different types of adjusters. This because it is required that they be experts, with sufficient knowledge on these field. The reason being so as to help in determining the cause and extent of a loss and whether and how much should be paid as compensation. For instance in auto insurance, an adjuster will need to know all about vehicles including, car parts and driving rules. Other adjustors operate in fields such as bodily harm, property, medical etc.

Their core functions revolve around claims. As such, should they be contracted, they will get involved in each aspect and process in the claims making process. In more detail, when approached by a new client to help out in getting compensation this is what they do.

First of they will investigate the nature of the loss. This so as to establish the cause of it and whether it was covered by the cover contract. This will determine if compensation is due to you and how much you should be paid. To get answers to these questions, they might decide to ask witnesses a few questions or even experts. Taking photos and visiting the site where the loss occurred is also a possibility.

After this is done, and determining that you are worthy of compensation, negotiations with your insurer will commence. Adjustors do these with the intention of getting you the highest reasonable amounts they can. The fact that these sums directly determine their pay through commissions income being a huge motivating factor.

A few traits are invaluable in this trade and in order to have successful claims negotiations. Creativity, empathy and competence are absolutely essential. This will help in sitting down with a client and explaining to him or her in an empathetic way what the insurer will do and what he will not do under the policy. A trained and qualified adjustor with experience will be able to do just that.

And they can work for the other team as well. This when employed by the insurance company. After occurrence of a loss, these adjustors will carry out the same activities done on making a claim only this time they will have the insurers best interests at heart. A public adjustor evens this out by representing your best interests and ensuring they are heard during negotiations. This so as to get you a fair compensation and in the least time.

With this better understanding of the full scope of an adjustors duties and that they can actually work and fight for us. We need not view them as evil, or without a moral compass as we have before. When working for us, they can do us a world of good.




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