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 The first screen out is an adjusters license. Get one. The 2nd is get invited by a large vender to come to office for an interview. The 3rd is to take the large vendors class. The 4th is to go home save your funds and pray for a deployment; but you are starting out good.

You will be invited at your expense to go to Hammond and be evaluated by the many husband/wife teams. If you get through that evaluation you get the chance to come back at a later date and pay them to take the State Farm class. Good luck if you are not kin to anyone, or are over 28years old. Nepotism appears to be the company policy and riegns supreme throughout all levels of management. just a personal opinion from first hand observation.

Posted By Frank on 01 Aug 2011 04:29 PM

Been invited to a Worley State Farm Class in a couple weeks.  I also need to take a class for a TX license.  Which would be more beneficial?  I have a few years experience writing claims without the license for catastrophe and also as an independent.  Looking to get my foot more in the door for the future in this industry. 

The Worley class is $250 and that's about the same as the license class.  If you were buying one today, which would you get?

Also interested in opinions of Worley...do I have to go to the things I'm invited to in order to more to the next step?  I did the application and the online math and personality testing.  The invitation to this class was the next communication that I received and I don't know if it's because it just happens to be taking place of if it's really the next step.  Their website indicates that an invitation to their office would be next, not a class invitation.

 

Frank,

Worley Catastrophe is one of the Big 4 and a solid firm. The next thing you ask is which to get ,a TX license or get the State Farm certification.

That is a no brainer, you are not eligible to get a State Farm certification or ANY certification until you become a licensed adjuster or concurrent with your training, period ! So your first order of business is to get licensed, I don't know of any Initial licensing class for 250.00 unless you are taking an online course. Whether online or a brick and mortar school, you need 40 hours . If you start now, you can grab your license prior to getting certified through SF.

What kind of CAT claims were you writing for 2 years and who were you an independent adjuster with?

 

Posted By Jud G. on 02 Aug 2011 09:38 PM
I think he said he didn't have a TX License. If he doesn't have one at all, then he probably just lives in a state that does not license adjusters.

He must have some sort of a license since he got invited, but I'm not 100% familiar with the hoops for getting SF certified.

Jud G ,

good call, I did not even think that he could have been working in a non licensing state.

The whole Worley CAT invite is the SOP for screening ALL comers who fill out the online application. Prerequisites are a valid adjuster's license and a pulse. Applicants go through essentially a glorified Adjuster101 course.

For all intents and purposes, the invite to come learn "our way" of adjusting is typical of ALL "for profit IA school/IA firm companies" . However with that being said, it is my opinion that Worley is one of the few companies that offers a legitimate opportunity to "break in" to the adjusting industry. If you do extremely well during this time, you may be given an opportunity to show what you know and get your foot in the door.

I can personally attest that Worley CAT will in fact deploy "competent"  rookie adjusters . Worley has recruited a few dozen of my  rookie members over and above the 50 rookie adjusters from the hiring push of last year to staff claims offices for the Deepwater Horizon accident and subsequent oil spill. Granted the first 50 adjusters hired were NOT doing actual CAT claims, they were still putting in 12 hour days 7 days a week and doing anything for 7/12 makes you wanna smack the dog around when you get home. Although those 50 were NOT gaining any actual field experience as it relates to adjusting, they were getting the idea and mind frame of what those kind of hours do to the mindset of a CAT adjuster. I think the most important thing these guys took from the BP experience was to be able to put aside enough money to sustain themselves and their families until they do deploy and to have enough in reserves till you start closing claims.

Over and above those 50 are the almost 2 dozen rookie adjusters who are actually doing field work in Texas, Ohio and Illinois

Posted By Frank on 01 Aug 2011 04:29 PM

Been invited to a Worley State Farm Class in a couple weeks.  I also need to take a class for a TX license.  Which would be more beneficial?  I have a few years experience writing claims without the license for catastrophe and also as an independent.  Looking to get my foot more in the door for the future in this industry. 

The Worley class is $250 and that's about the same as the license class.  If you were buying one today, which would you get?

Also interested in opinions of Worley...do I have to go to the things I'm invited to in order to more to the next step?  I did the application and the online math and personality testing.  The invitation to this class was the next communication that I received and I don't know if it's because it just happens to be taking place of if it's really the next step.  Their website indicates that an invitation to their office would be next, not a class invitation.

 

 

So Frank, fill us in on the details so we can get a better idea of what your next step should be. Who were you writing claims for etc...