In this Ask the Expert episode, Gerry Edtl and Jordan Donald, the father-daughter team behind Gerry Edtl Consulting, discuss building reciprocal relationships with insurance agents and taking business development to new heights with direct referrals.
Inevitably, if you are a restoration company, sooner or later you will run into situations where the adjuster won’t pay for work you completed or only a fraction of what you have estimated the cost to be. In these situations, restorers have a few options, which depend in large part as to how far you’re willing to go, how much you’re willing to spend and if the risk is worth the reward.
In this episode of Ask Annissa, Annissa Coy answers a common question she feels passionately about: Should restorers work with insurance adjusters, or ignore them and work solely with the insured?
By being proactive and educating property owners about the risks of dishonest engineering and insurer fraud, you can help defend your clients from unethical claims professionals, Jack Hanks and Doug Quinn write. This will help ensure fair insurance markets where policyholders suffering a loss have the best chance for an honest claim and a smoother process of rebuilding their property. When this happens, the consumer, the restoration professional and the insurer win.
I get it, Chris White writes. People don’t like to change. However, the technology that is available today makes it unacceptable to use old-school methods. There’s a threshold beyond which a reluctance to grow and change is no longer a neutral choice or a matter of quirky personal preference. It’s irresponsible and, simply, bad business.
Started in 2016 by Xactimate Certified Trainer Ben Justesen, ERS has trained thousands of contractors to utilize their own financials in pricing and looking at projects pragmatically to make their estimates. Epic Estimates is a remote estimating service that creates Xactimate estimates for contractors, consultants and adjusters.
JP Korpi, a public adjuster and founder of K-Factor Advocates, offers perspective on how restoration contractors and adjusters can work together in the interest of policyholders.
Every restoration company encounters a certain percentage of projects that turn out to be undesirable, unprofitable, or uncollectible. Sean Scott likes to call these jobs the rotten eggs of restoration. Here he shares key things to consider when job leads are called in.
CoreLogic acquired Next Gear Solutions Sept. 15. "I look forward to leading this new team as we continue to innovate for restorers, insurance carriers and property owners, making good on our mission to help millions of people to protect and restore the homes they love,” Gray said.
CoreLogic acquired Next Gear Solutions on Sept. 15, 2021. Here, Garret Gray, founder and CEO of Next Gear Solutions dives into what this means for restoration contractors.
