Mythbusters: Examining False Axioms That Have No Business in Claims Management, Part One
People pride themselves on multitasking, when in the strictest sense, there is almost no such thing. No matter how many “tasks” you have open on your desktop or your to-do list, they come down to one thing at a time. Right now, I am writing this article. I am also monitoring my email, which is a bad habit because it causes me to mistype words, lose a thought that may never return, or write something in a halting, awkward way, meandering through babbling brooks and plush meadows of flowery words when one word or phrase would do—and do better.
The Deployables: How to Become an Indispensable Adjuster
You are in the fog of war. Emails are flying. Nerves are fraying. Spam is frying on the extended-stay stovetop. Mandatory calls disrupt your day. The written rules of engagement, which you have committed to memory, are rewritten on the fly. New day, new directive. Good luck!
Why do you think they call us adjusters? That’s what we do. We adjust. And then we adjust again.
I got lucky as a claims adjuster—and in life —and you can too!
I made a friend while away from home, working as a catastrophe adjuster on a hurricane for an extended period. We were weeks into our friendship when my wife came […]
The Prospective Adjuster’s Checklist: 10 questions to answer before you commit to a career as an independent insurance claims adjuster
Who wants to be an independent insurance claims adjuster say yeah! So you want to become an independent insurance claims adjuster? But why? How do you determine whether claims adjusting […]
How do I become an excellent insurance claims adjuster?
Habits, whether good or bad, are hard to break. Entire industries are built on the desire and inability to kick old habits. What about good habits and their relationship to success? Read more…
How do I know if adjusting is right for me?
by Gene Strother, President of Adjust U Not long ago, I spoke to a class of claims-adjusting hopefuls. They were preparing to take the Texas All-Lines Adjuster Test that very […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective Desk Claims Adjusters
by Gene Strother, President of Adjust U Stark differences exist between field adjusting and desk adjusting. To name a few: The differences in the two roles make for differing challenges […]
7 Habits of Highly Effective Field Claims Adjusters
by Gene Strother, President of Adjust U At Mid-America Catastrophe Services, we are privileged to work with some of America’s best field and desk claims adjusters. Our top performers work […]