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TedPasan
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 Posted - 09/15/2003 : 20:22:15
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I know from discussions that many adjusters here have received numerous phone calls from vendors wanting to put you on standby for Hurricane Isabel.
What I am curious about, is how some of you make the decision of which vendor to work with?
Assuming that you had 3 to 5 vendors call you, all of whom you had worked with in the past, and knew to be honest and all of whom pay on time, what factors do you use in making your decision to choose a particular one?
And WHEN do you make your decision: early with the first vendor call or later after shopping the market and listening to several offers?
Please share your thoughts and strategies for HOW you decide to choose the vendor you ultimately affiliate with on a large storm.
Have you ever or do you ever change your mind after making a commitment and if so, WHY? And HOW do/would you handle that situation?
Sharing your answers will be informative for other adjusters and perhaps instructive for the vendors. |
Edited by - TedPasan on 09/15/2003 20:33:33 |
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kroberge
USA
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Posted - 09/15/2003 : 23:35:50
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Hey guys, I need your help. Since posting my resume on this site, I have received calls from companies I've never heard of. Can anyone share some information on these companies:
1) Alternative Claim Services
2) Property Claims, Inc.
3) N.C. Claims Services, Inc.
4) Carolina Claims
Thanks in advance for your help
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Ami Fawker
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Posted - 09/15/2003 : 23:53:57
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Carolina Claims Service out of Columbia, SC is a first class operation. They pay their adjusters fairly, regularly and completely and they treat you respectfully. You will not find finer people anywhere than David String and Dominick Ciserano who are the president and cat manager. Lots of adjusters have worked for them and I would not think you will find anyone who would disagree that they were treated well. Most of their adjusters work for them again and again.
I haven't heard anything about the others you mentioned, other than what I read on hear on another thread about Alternative which isn't reassuring. |
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TomWeems
USA
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Posted - 09/16/2003 : 06:15:13
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| I had a vendor call me yesterday and in response to my inquiry, they pay sixty five percent but they also charge the adjuster fifteen dollars for every file in "administration fees". In a hurricane situation, the can decrease your pay by fifteen hundred to three thousand bucks. Watch for the chargebacks folks, this is an old game and don't get caught by it. If you are in a marginal area, and the billing schedule is low, that fifteen bucks can be quite significant, which is of course why they do that. The thirty five percent that they keep is the "administration fee", anything else is another adjuster rip off IMHO. I bet their fee schedule sucks too.... |
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BuckyS
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Posted - 09/16/2003 : 06:17:25
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| Can you give us a hint which vendor is doing this? |
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TomWeems
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2003 : 06:47:35
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| Ask everyone you talk to, don't get there before the storm is out of the area, wear repellant for the tiger mosquito which carries west nile virus, and KNOW BEFORE YOU GO |
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countmein
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Posted - 09/16/2003 : 06:52:37
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| As a new licensed adjuster if this storm continues to weakin and comes in to land as a categorie 2 what effect will thet have on newer adjusters being called out and getting claims? How large will this storm have to bee for every one to get called out? Howe many claims can a new adjuster expect too git and how much money can a new adjuster make par week or month? |
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ChuckDeaton
USA
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Posted - 09/16/2003 : 08:13:10
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| This is a massive crap shoot, folks. Isabel is decreasing in strength, a change of course to the south will put Isabel into relatively unpopulated North Carolina where Isabel will lose strength quickly over land. While a move to the north will take Isabel into a highly populated, low area where there will be lots of flooding and wind damage. |
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Newt
USA
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Posted - 09/16/2003 : 08:33:12
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If this storm is anything like "HUGO" the most damage will be on the north side of land fall. This one may pick up after hitting the outer banks and still only be a "2" or "3". Crap shoot it is.
I missed it several hours and miles, my "guess" was close though.
When I get ready to put my name in the hat for deployment, I always remember one thing, "If it sounds too good to be true, run". |
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