What shameless dreck comments from those with obviously something to hide. Come clean you faggots, you know you rip-off the consumer and then cry your crocodile tears when the hero (PA) comes in and saves the day for the insured, getting them what you rightfully should have given them in the first place.
Yes if you want your claims or the claims you represent to double, by all means hire the PA, who will try to double the loss and then charge everyone 10 to 20% on top of that!
You would have to ask yourself, “why do people have such a negative opinion of Public Adjusters?” Could it be the perception that, like the plaintiff’s bar, they feel entitled to a percentage of people’s grief at the expense of their client?
this should be an advertisement, not an article. everybody’s comments are right on the mark. if you buy your coverage from a good, reputable company with fair and competent claims services, you certainly want to stay far away from public adjusters. and yes, most companies meet the standards of fair and competent claims service.
I am an IA and I don’t understand everyone down on PA’s.
The best defense against a PA is to pay the insured everything they are entitled too.
It seems if we did complete inspections instead of trying to do as many claims a day as possible, there would be nothing for the PA to gain.
However , it is a waste of the insured’s money to retain a PA from the onset, they should only get PA’s involved if they legitimately need more money to be made whole again
I, too, am disappointed that this blatant advertisement was published as an article. Public adjusters are the only folks who can truly represent an insured?! Then what have I been doing for the past 20+ years?
While I agree with the comments from prior posters about Public Adjusters, this IJ article is marked as Commentary, and not being sold as anything but one man’s opinion, even if a clearly biased opinion.
This is an article clearly captioned as commentary. While the authors comments may not be something you agree with, PAs are licensed in many states and that numebr of states is growing. Like any other profession there are some bad apples so to speak. It would also be very nice if every carrier and every adjuster treated people fairly; just isn’t so.
Whether it is a PA, attorney or the guy next door an insured has every right to have someone work for or with them in regard to their claim. As far as the fees charged to the insured, that is in my opinion their business not the carriers.
There are indeed many instances where it makes very good sense to have a professional represent an insured. Far too often the voices of the industry try a little too hard to have their voices be the only ones that get heard.
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What shameless dreck comments from those with obviously something to hide. Come clean you faggots, you know you rip-off the consumer and then cry your crocodile tears when the hero (PA) comes in and saves the day for the insured, getting them what you rightfully should have given them in the first place.
Let’s have equal time for plaintiff lawyers! That’s only fair…
What a joke.
I agree. What a self serving article. Finding coverage, please!!! I guess they can turn water into wine too!
Yes if you want your claims or the claims you represent to double, by all means hire the PA, who will try to double the loss and then charge everyone 10 to 20% on top of that!
You would have to ask yourself, “why do people have such a negative opinion of Public Adjusters?” Could it be the perception that, like the plaintiff’s bar, they feel entitled to a percentage of people’s grief at the expense of their client?
this should be an advertisement, not an article. everybody’s comments are right on the mark. if you buy your coverage from a good, reputable company with fair and competent claims services, you certainly want to stay far away from public adjusters. and yes, most companies meet the standards of fair and competent claims service.
I am an IA and I don’t understand everyone down on PA’s.
The best defense against a PA is to pay the insured everything they are entitled too.
It seems if we did complete inspections instead of trying to do as many claims a day as possible, there would be nothing for the PA to gain.
However , it is a waste of the insured’s money to retain a PA from the onset, they should only get PA’s involved if they legitimately need more money to be made whole again
I, too, am disappointed that this blatant advertisement was published as an article. Public adjusters are the only folks who can truly represent an insured?! Then what have I been doing for the past 20+ years?
While I agree with the comments from prior posters about Public Adjusters, this IJ article is marked as Commentary, and not being sold as anything but one man’s opinion, even if a clearly biased opinion.
This is an article clearly captioned as commentary. While the authors comments may not be something you agree with, PAs are licensed in many states and that numebr of states is growing. Like any other profession there are some bad apples so to speak. It would also be very nice if every carrier and every adjuster treated people fairly; just isn’t so.
Whether it is a PA, attorney or the guy next door an insured has every right to have someone work for or with them in regard to their claim. As far as the fees charged to the insured, that is in my opinion their business not the carriers.
There are indeed many instances where it makes very good sense to have a professional represent an insured. Far too often the voices of the industry try a little too hard to have their voices be the only ones that get heard.