Is this a test and I didn't study the material, or what?

Unless you's one of da you'se guys...then whatscha problem?  Seen the noose lately? Hey!

If you don't believe me you should

check out some of his 499 posts.

The last two posts must have been

written by an imposter. They don't

make sense and  aren't funny.

 Whoever is doing it should knock

snappy

Steve (Beaumont),

I agree with your comment, but

from what I have found on the

web the states seem to do most

of their insurance regulation, other

than of the carriers, through their

control of the agents, brokers,

and adjusters. Is there a separate

layer of regulation for the adjusting

companies?

With downloading and uploading

and standardized computer estimating

and cheap communication I would

think there would be a trend toward

more and smaller adjusting companies.

And more people getting both sides of

the cut. What say you'll?

snappy

Posted By Guy Snappy on 20 Dec 2008 01:53 AM

Steve (Beaumont),

 

 I would think there would be a trend toward

more and smaller adjusting companies.

And more people getting both sides of

the cut. What say you'll?

 

snappy

Posted By Guy Snappy on 20 Dec 2008 01:06 AM

Mike Kunze is a very good writer.

If you don't believe me you should

check out some of his 499 posts.

 

The last two posts must have been

written by an imposter. They don't

make sense and  aren't funny.

 Whoever is doing it should knock

it off now. It's not fair to him and

his loyal readers.

 

snappy

Mike Kunze wrote:

"You must have been drinking more than I was when I made those posts!  If you ask anybody here, I am quite capable of making no sense and not being funny no matter how funny I thought it was at the time.  Just ask Moderator Steve (I[']ve only strike 3 left from a former life and time on this site)...plus, can I also lay some blame on the Larry's?  Or, that I had been watching a Soprano's series DVD?"

"Hit 'em hard and if they don't come

back they don't come back."

Sort of a screening process.

Later.

snappy

Steve (Beamont),

 Thanks for the information. So in theory you could have a 1 man/woman adjusting company in one of the 3 basic business forms dealing with the carrier on one end and an adjuster's license on the other end. Do you know if many people are doing that? (I understand as always getting the business ain't easy.)

Later.

snappy

Jim Gary,

Thanks for your comment. I was wondering

if smaller and more numerous adjusting

companies bidding prices down might be the

wave of the future. The adjusting skills have

to be there as a given and a one or several

adjuster, adjusting company could have a

very low overhead. Are the big adjusting

companies dinosaurs?  Just rambling on

here.

Later.

snappy

That's it?

That was pretty lame Larry.

Where's all this wit the other Larry

is so charmed by?

Why not just leave the new posters

Drink up Shriners.

A  ray of light from ..........  Ray Hall.

Wonder how long he worked

Posted By Guy Snappy on 22 Dec 2008 02:13 AM

That's it?

That was pretty lame Larry.

Where's all this wit the other Larry

is so charmed by?

 

Why not just leave the new posters

alone, asshole? Think that might be

a good idea?

 

 

Mr. Snappy,

I am offended by your choice of words here, and think you owe Larry an apology, although I certainly don't expect to see it. 

 

All anyone did here was rib you a little, due to your vague and confusing questions.   If you can't take a little good natured ribbing without getting obscene and offended, then I might suggest you do a little searching for a profession better suited to your temperament than this one. 

This industry is difficult at best, and a little humor goes a long way.  If you get offended at the least little thing you're going to be offended during the entire time you're involved in cat adjusting.  If you are.  By the nature of your questions I was  under the impression that you're not an adjuster. 

 

Why not leave well enough alone, thank everyone for the attention they've given you and gracefully move on.  To come here and get so upset and start calling one of our members names is uncalled for and quite unprofessional. 

 

~M~

Oh please Meg!

You are easily the most

boring writer on this

website with your pearls

of wisdom and your platitudes

and your inane conclusions

I didn't like the comments

slamming me from the others,

but at least they weren't

sanctimonious about it and

I did not have to sit through

a sermon.

And I say this to you only

in the spirit of what you

call in your post

snappy

The two Larry's I just
figured for two a-holes saying welcome.
Seems like some list-servs have the attitude
toward new posters of
"Hit 'em hard and if they don't come

back they don't come back."

Sort of a screening process.

Posted By Guy Snappy on 23 Dec 2008 01:07 AM

Oh please Meg!

 

You are easily the most

boring writer on this

website with your pearls

of wisdom and your platitudes

and your inane conclusions

and pretentiousness and 

your Mother Teresa persona.

 

I didn't like the comments

slamming me from the others,

but at least they weren't

sanctimonious about it and

I did not have to sit through

a sermon.

 

And I say this to you only

in the spirit of what you

call in your post

"good natured ribbing"

and in an effort to help

you as you tried to help me.

 

Drink up Shriners

and Merry Christmas all.

 

snappy

As the year comes to a close

I would like to thank all my readers

for making my thread the most

popular thread on the website.

I could not have done it without

your help. And I do appreciate it.

Over 2000 hits and most of that

in the last week during the late

unpleasantness.

And special thanks to the moderator

(Steve Ebner I think, but am not sure)

for not shutting me down when he

had the chance. I became a little

intemperate and misspoke a time

or two using inappropriate terms

for several of the posters. Steve's

dedication to the First Amendment

is steadfast and yet he is sensitive to

the concerns of those I offended. But

neither of the Larry's asked to have

the offending remarks removed

showing their support for robust

discussion and for the record to reflect

accurately the free exchange of ideas

which is what this website is all about

and is its hallmark. None the less I do

apologize to them and wish them

Godspeed.

And last but not least my thanks to

those that made kind thoughtful

responses to my questions, clumsily

asked as they might have been. They

were informative.

One last point. There is a lot of gripping

on this website about adjusting companies.

How you're up on the roof and they are

back at the office slicing off a big piece

of the pie. How they run you around all

over the place, here and there, and then

send you packing and when they do set

you to work they work you like mules.

And how the pie gets smaller because

they take in work cheaper and cheaper

and then try to make it up in the split.

That's why I was surprised there was so

little interest in a discussion of how

adjusting companies are actually formed

and actually function. There's a lot of

scattered knowledge out there in a lot

of different skulls that can be stitched

together with a thread like this. They

(I shouldn't have to say this, but some

 of this is written tongue-in-cheek, but

Thanks for listening.

Drink up Shriners

and Happy Holidays all.

snappy

Yes, Mike, in the spirit of website

ecumenicalism I do apologize to

Meg. I knew that if I had not responded

to her withering critique of me she

might think me sexist and that I was

letting her off easy because she is a

woman. And as I believe her to be a

strong feminist I didn't want that. So,

Meg I apologize I was too harsh.

Drink up Shriners

and Happy Holidays to all.

snappy

Larry, I've forgotten myself and I asked the damned

thing.

My advise to new posters is to be very deferential

and don't ask hard questions. Then some of the old

timers can say,

"Ahh, grasshopper, you have much to learn."

Any you can say, "yes sir."

I've learned my lesson boys and girl.

Hey, Steve, it is really is a perfectly good word and

use correctly. I think I read in an insurance policy

somewhere.

Mike I needed a GPS device for this website, that's

for sure.

Drink up Shriners

an Happy Holidays all.

snappy

Thanks Dave.

Where you been?

So it a stupid question is it?

Does that mean you understood the question

and it was stupid or you don't understand the question

and that makes it stupid or both?

"What steps do you have to go through to

set up an adjusting company?"

Stripped to it's essence there it is?

Why is that a stupid question Dave?

It might be an uninteresting question.

It was not a fishy question. I really

wanted to hear what the contributors to

this great colloquy would say. Instead

I feel like I've been on a 2008 Space Odyssey.

I'll be puzzled till my dying day how seasoned

adjusters

***** EXPERTS *****

in the inner mechanisms and deep mysteries

of insurance policies did not understand my

little baby question.

HAL: "Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye."

Drink up Shriners

and Happy Holidays all.

snappy

Posted By Guy Snappy on 10 Dec 2008 

There seem to be a lot of service companies both

cat and daily. Could anyone give a brief overview

of the requirements for this type of firm: carriers,

adjusters, and state? I assume a lot are mom and pop.

Thanks.

snappy  

You're right Bob I should end all of this.

It has turned into an ugly mess and I

am weary of it.

I have learned a lot from this thread.

Some of the things you mentioned

and other things not mentioned.

Drink up Shriners

and Gospeed you all.

snappy

YES !!

All I can say is thank you

and Godspeed in the New Year.

snappy 

Posted By Guy Snappy on 30 Dec 2008 
...You know most threads never reach

these lofty levels and I will never forget you.

 

Bob -

I think the best discussion goin'

on right now is over at

"Unpleasantly Surprised."

Seems to be getting at the core

economic problem of cat adjusting.

Cat claims come at unknowable

times in bunches and have to be

handled quickly and yet it is

prohibitively expensive to have

adjusters on the payroll sitting

around waiting for them.

Everything after that is compromise.

- snappy