Individuals wanting to become insurance claims investigators will now need an endorsement coming from either the Association of Philippine Adjustment Companies (APAC) or Philippine Institute of Loss
Adjusters (PILA), the government regulator said.
If the insured believes that the
adjuster's estimate is low, they can talk to a contractor and submit their own estimates.
Insurers are now filling the claims
adjuster talent gap with temporary or interim staff and calling on retirees during peak catastrophe seasons.
Using cognitive computing - in this case natural language processing - a claimant who says he "smokes weed every day" or "is on methodone," which is recorded in the
adjuster's unstructured notes, could be flagged as having a potential "substance abuse problem," even though these three words do not appear in either the structured or unstructured notes.
Prioritizing: As an auto claims
adjuster, you can ease some of the burden by prioritizing the most urgent matters and setting a realistic goal of how many activities you can complete in a day.
The Public Adjusting industry worked closely with Senator Jeff Klein, Counsel to Governor Cuomo and representatives of the Department of Financial Services to draft language that had the best hope of protecting consumers from conflicts of interests that could arise if an unscrupulous
adjuster conspires with a contractor they control to take advantage of a fire victim by unfairly profiting from the loss while doing substandard repairs.
The notification came following inquiries regarding use of public
adjusters to negotiate fees, said the Oklahoma Insurance Department.
My client had $50k in UM coverage and told the
adjuster that she was still treating; the
adjuster had no idea of the adverse drivers' coverage, but still decided to ask the insured to sign a UM release.
Joiner said having a public
adjuster, though, could reduce the number of lawsuits.
Trey Stone, CEO of Houston-based Guardian Equity Management, which owns and operates 3,500 apartments, says he hires a public
adjuster for every claim that he estimates to be $50,000 or more, but says smaller owners may want to hire one for claims as small as $ 10,000.
Citizens' officials do not dispute the findings of the audit, but warn that the audit was based on raw data that does not give a clear indication of exactly when the public
adjuster was hired by the policyholder.
* Hurricane Katrina stretched the
adjuster pool to its limits, and put a spotlight on the differences between
adjusters employed by insurance companies versus independent adjusting firms.