| 06/20/2007 9:27 AM |
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I HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE ROADS FOR 12 YRS. UP TO THIS POINT EVEN THE SLOW YEARS TREATED ME OK.THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MY SLOWEST EVER. NONE OF MY ROAD FAMILY ARE OR HAVE BEEN WORKING. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, HAS IT BEEN A GOOD YEAR OR HAVE I STEPPED ON A LOT OF TOES?
HOUTZ
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| 06/20/2007 9:31 AM |
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Same here, luckily this has given time for reflection, and the abillity to perfect my thumb twittling techiques.
JWG
I know the voices aren't real, but sometimes they're right!
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| 06/20/2007 10:18 AM |
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Its very dead this year. Lets hope it picks up here in the coming months.
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| 06/20/2007 8:53 PM |
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Has nothing to do with your dancing, I can promise you that.
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Jud G. Advanced Member Posts:509  
| 06/20/2007 10:40 PM |
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'stepping on toes'...
'dancing'...
Sounds like we all need to work on our rain dancing skills... |
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| 06/20/2007 11:43 PM |
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Please! No more rain dances if you live anywhere around North Texas. I have fish living in the wheel tracks from the lawn tractor...and the grass is getting high again!
Randy Cox
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Buford Gonzales Member Posts:57
| 06/22/2007 4:37 PM |
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Randy
I switched to an Airboat, I can mow and chase the influx of Gators here in Deton at the same time.
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| 06/25/2007 10:28 AM |
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In the same boat, it's so slow that I have time to read all the replies on catadjuster.org.
Tim I.
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| 06/25/2007 8:21 PM |
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Posted By Tim Iannuzzi on 06/25/2007 10:28 AM
In the same boat, it's so slow that I have time to read all the replies on catadjuster.org.
Tim I.
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Jud G.Advanced Member Posts:509
| 06/26/2007 12:23 PM |
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I beg to differ. Check the archives and you will find plenty (52,643 to be exact). |
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okclarryd Veteran Member Posts:954
| 07/01/2007 7:51 PM |
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I am writing estimates for a contractor here in OKC.
I have started putting No-Doz in my coffee
Larry D Hardin
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MedulusModerator Veteran Member Posts:786
| 07/13/2007 2:15 PM |
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Larry,
I thought you were a staffy kind of guy these days. Are you back on the independent side now? Steve Ebner CPCU AIC AMIM
"With great power comes great responsibility." (Stanley Martin Lieber, Amazing Fantasy # 15 August 1962)
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| 07/13/2007 6:13 PM |
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I guess y'all are as bored as I am..can't go to Lake Texoma (still flooded)...can't haul any dirt or gravel - too muddy..This is too much!!
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Ray Hall Senior Member Posts:2443
| 07/15/2007 6:28 PM |
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The liability business is also slow. Last night at 11PM Jim Adler , the tough Houston Plantiff lawyer ran an add on dog bites cases on TV. Talk about a doggie case..... |
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| 08/02/2007 4:32 PM |
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my worst year in the last 20 hang in there my brother next time you get a chance to rob one of those heartless corporate
monsters do it with gusto |
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okclarrydVeteran Member Posts:954
| 08/02/2007 10:04 PM |
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Steve,
The staffy deal kinda fell apart. Can you believe I was given a quota of claims to be done on a hail storm? Quotas??
I don't think so.
Still an independent at heart if not in practice. I'm writing estimates for a contractor and don't have no stinkin' quotas.
I work hard (well, kinda) all day, every day and don't do quotas.
Sure wish there was a good little hail storm somewhere.
Larry D Hardin
Larry D Hardin
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MedulusModerator Veteran Member Posts:786
| 08/02/2007 11:33 PM |
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Now let me get this straight, Larry. Do you or do you not like quotas.
The goal I used to set for myself was take whatever the staffy kinda guys were producing and multiply by 2.5. Of course, they were on salary and I was on commission.
Steve Ebner CPCU AIC AMIM
"With great power comes great responsibility." (Stanley Martin Lieber, Amazing Fantasy # 15 August 1962)
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| 08/03/2007 5:38 PM |
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I have been getting claim assignments from two companies. The claims are wind, lightning and old hail claims. Water damage to ceiling claims are being turned in and I am finding hail damage that occured in 2003 and 2004 and have started leaking due to the heavy rains in Northeast Texas. I have been assigned two dog bite claims this year so far. Assignments are slowing down and I need to be assigned to a hurricane soon. Last year I worked as a temporary inside marine adjuster for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company from October through February. I do not look forward to a 150 mile round trip to Dallas five days a week again.
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okclarrydVeteran Member Posts:954
| 08/04/2007 3:29 PM |
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I used to really like quotas, especially with cold milk. But then I started getting heartburn after 4 or 5 and had to quit.
No fargin quotas for me, thanks.
Larry D Hardin
Larry D Hardin
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HuskerCatVeteran Member Posts:762
| 08/04/2007 11:31 PM |
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I was a staffy kind of guy for a long time. The 1st company I was with, the less claims we got....yahoo! But you better work them all good. That was the Cincinnati Co's. A great Co to work for. If you'all are a young interested starter-upper, check them out. They will train you well, treat you like gold, but pay you poor to start, and the pay won't match others for awhile. But it's a mighty fine company to work for, with multi-line experience.
Then, the next one (I thought I left for greener pastures, more $, etc), then all of of sudden it became quotas that you as the lone-ranger adjuster just had no control over. So...na-hoo! What do we need you for, salaried boy, if the claims are low? Then, the big old hail storms hit across the desolate plains and they had to call in the independents to help me out..., so according to the bean-counters, what was I good for other than 16 hrs aday to have payment authority, re-check their work, get them around the area, and then report that the branch manager was embezzling money with a buddy roofer of his. That was another part of the quota, I suppose, but one that wasn't included in my job description. It only followed in my job experience as a witness in court. Once the quotas fell, so did I. From what I've heard, that carrier's adjuster expense (IA) is 10X what my salary/benefit cost was per year, over the past 5 years. I wonder what happened to the bean-counter(s) that made that decision?
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