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mitsu1
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 Posted - 05/13/2003 : 08:30:40
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| I have 26 years in the auto business as co-owner and operator.I have worked Hail,wind and property damage claims with several insurance Co.(GM,Chrysler,Ford,Mitsubishi,VW).I am looking for advice to get started.I know it takes alot of experience and training.I would like a step by step plan from License ,training to working in the field.I live in Texas and would like to get into Auto or property or both. |
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CCarr
Canada
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Posted - 05/13/2003 : 08:52:10
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| Steve, I note you advanced your query from the "bulletin board" to the forum area. However, I am at a loss why you would pick the "software" forum to seek answers to your quest. The "getting started" forum seems to be the appropriate area. I suggest you absorb the many topics throughout the various forums and resource areas of CADO, as a start; to see how others on the same or similar 'trail' approached the journey. |
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ChuckDeaton
USA
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robby
USA
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Posted - 05/14/2003 : 08:32:48
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| In Texas you are not required to have a license to work auto estimates. You can write auto estimates for any carrier or independent adjusting company that will hire you. Property, yes you will need to work for a company for about 3 or 4 years for nothing to learn the coverage or go to one of the many training centers to get a license to do property claims. You will have your license but you will not know the coverage. This you will learn as you go along. Good Luck. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2003 : 09:34:58
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There are at least a couple of things in the 'robby' post, that I can't let pass without comment; so as new people will not be misguided in their perception of this profession.
I worked for a carrier when I 'started'. The "3 or 4 years" turned into 18 years with a carrier; but anyway that is where I spent my time "to learn the coverage". However, I didn't do it for "nothing". That is a bit of a silly comment. Perhaps comparatively, as a 'raw rookie' I made less than a rookie d/d I/A, or less than a rookie cat I/A. However, I was reasonably compensated for the "nothing" I knew and progressively when I knew more.
No doubt generally it is true (especially the latter part), you can, ".... go to one of the many training centers to get a licence ....you will have your licence but will not know the coverage". But, to add to that, "this you will learn as you go along", infers there is no need for any coverage knowledge when you start. I don't want to get started here on why that statement is absurd, I don't have the time or the patience to go around in that circle again.
However, people should recognize all the "wrongs" about heading out on your own with an armful of claims - not knowing coverage, with the hope that you will learn it as you "go along".
What effect will you have on the insureds, carriers and vendors; for those claims "handled" while you don't know coverage?
Absolute sillyness, and don't tell me I read the post wrong. |
Edited by - CCarr on 05/14/2003 09:36:11 |
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