Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Theresa Chiechi A claims adjustor evaluates insurance claims to determine ...

An insurance claims adjuster investigates and settles claims. The most common types of insurance adjusters are public adjusters, company adjusters and independent adjusters. Each state has unique ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

A public insurance adjuster works on your behalf to file insurance claims and negotiate a fair settlement. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

After your home is damaged by a fire, windstorm or other event, an insurance adjuster will evaluate the damage. Your insurance company will send their own adjuster, but you can also hire a public ...

That’s my go-to line at cocktail parties when someone asks what I do for a living. It’s not technically accurate — but it gets a laugh. Most people don’t know what insurance adjusters do, and few want ...

If the claims adjuster fails to do so, injured workers’ and their families could be left with no income or medical coverage for an entire year throughout the litigation process. The time is now to ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...

If you were in a car accident and called your insurance company, would you be upset if the person you talked to didn’t sound all that energetic but was very professional and polite? In today’s story, ...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — State investigators arrested a Coral Springs woman Wednesday after accusing her of leading a massive automobile insurance fraud scheme while working as a claims adjuster.