Late last week a contractor using the name Tim Arnold commented and and ultimately asked the ever important question, why?, with regard to our recommendation that insureds obtain three estimates from potential contractors. Maybe Tim will become the worlds most popular...
Many readers are probably befuddled from the title of this article. Why would any “claim professional” be discussing a plaintiffs perspective? No doubt, costs of litigation are always on the rise. The question of whether attorneys are appropriate “in field”...
The appraisal clause is designed to be a simple and low cost form of mediation in the event of a disagreement on the value of damages; generally limited to property claims. Much like mediation, there are few written rules governing the appraisal clause. In the...
Slip and fall incidents are generally simple when determining the cause and origin of the accident. Usually, an obvious set of factors that were present at the time of the incident become clear from an investigation or review of photographs, but what happens when...
As if the insurance claim profession isnt plagued with enough problems, I came across an obscure article titled Why Public Adjusters are not enemies of Independent Agents, published in March of 2010 by Ronald Reitz, CPPA, on the Insurance Journals website. After much...
