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Maybe I should suck it up and get more aggressive?? We are very competative....the cheapest roofer in our area that has a license, insurance, bonding, BBB, etc. but it is hard to compete with roofers that have adjuster "friends". It's impossible...maybe I should forget about roofing and become an adjuster!!

Thanks for this input. I just want honest relationships and I want homeowners/insurance companies to hire a reputable roofing company. I want to be available to help adjusters, and I want them to know me by name. We have been doing a lot of ins. claim jobs and just wanted some advice to how to offer myself to adjusters. Do yall think its rude when a roofer calls you or emails you? I'm not bragging on myself but I'm from a small town, family oriented (two small children), positive presense in my community & church. I have high morals that carries on in my roofing business. And most adjusters seem very professional/high standards. We are a smaller family owned company, not a money hungry storm chaser or anything. Check us out at www.passmoreconstruction.com I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about the reasoning behind wanting to build relationships with adjusters. I just wanted to hear what yall think is a good way to build these relationships and how to even get my foot in the door.

Just sell roofs to people who needs roofs and your reputation will follow you. It takes some time and deveral years to get this reputation with insurance adjusters, unless you follow ole gost template.

Turn them into the ROC. Here in az they would get in trouble for contracting without a license.

There is another old saying that goes, 'Living your life in fear of what the gossips will say is the same as being dead.'

I prefer another old saying, 'March to the beat of your own drum.'

Old Ghost

It's a fine line to walk when dealing with adjuster/roofer relationships.  In my staffy days, a herd of IA's were deployed to Omaha to assist us on a large hailstorm.  One of the gents accidentally attached a signed contract from a TX roofer in his paperwork that he turned in to me.  I called the homeowner, and was advised that the roofer was riding with the IA and came into the house to sell the job before the IA had even inspected the roof.  We pulled all of the IA's files and contacted the insureds, getting the same story from all.  And can you believe it?  So many of those files had identical roof damage photos!!   Needless to say, reinspections were performed and that particular IA was shown the door not only by us but also by the IA firm.  His roofer buddy was in close pursuit, and left several jobs in limbo after having already collected partial payments from the homeowners.   The fun had begun and the phones lit up. 

This is a hypo question. Many of the large carriers have a long list of adjusters that they ask for when the carrier call,s the vendor and these are the people who have been very good on all the things it takes to be an "A" catastrophe" adjuster. And how many losses do these "A" adjusters close per day day after day week after week and how many hours per day, 16 hrs x7=112 hrs per week divided by42 cosed files=3.75 hrs per closed file.

Now regular claims occur each day and adjusters have to work the file. The large carrier has this knowledge also and calls 10 "A" adjusters in a lcity and contracts direct with the adjuster and pays the adjuster $50.00 per hour to work from home, and $1.50 per mile for drive time and auto expense. The adjuster works a $20,000 roof, water, fire or theft loss for $187.50 and 100 miles @ $150.00 or $337.50 total x6=$2.025.00 per day.

Ever catastrophe adjuster in the US would try to get on an "A" list right and stay home forever. This would last a few weeks and then you would have to prorate the drive time and milage to $100.00 per file, with no photo charge. And your assignments would be more like 3-4 per day. Thats the way it really is........but thats a god send for real.

Just do good work and it will payoff!!!