Field Property Adjuster Job Description
Field property adjuster
provides recommendations on claim settlements and obtain required settlement authorities, as applicable, for other loss handling and coverage/liability claims issues to department’s Assistant Vice President, Vice President, or Senior Vice President.
Field Property Adjuster Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Investigate coverage, liability, compensability and damages to assist in determining the fact and/or conflicts in the evidence
Investigate, evaluate, and negotiate property claims in order to reach a fair and equitable settlement
Obtain documents that may shift risk and liability (including leases, easement, maintenance agreements)
While meeting with our customers in person you will be responsible for, investigating, determining coverage of loss, and adjusting all elements of routine Property Loss claims
While meeting with our customers in person you will be responsible for, investigating, determines coverage of loss, and adjusts all elements of routine Property Loss claims
Analyze police reports, obtain formal recorded statements and make evidence based decisions regarding liability
Use your training, expertise, and judgment to determine probable courses of events and express an opinion as to liability and possible negligence
Use your training, experience, and judgment to negotiate with insureds, claimants, and vendors to reach an agreed settlement value as needed
Provide coverage explanation to the customer
This position is based in Dallas, TX
Field Property Adjuster Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Field Property Adjuster
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Employers hiring for the field property adjuster job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Leadership, Public Relations, Performance, Education, Business, Conducting, Military, Construction, Associates, Communication
Skills for Field Property Adjuster
Desired skills for field property adjuster include:
Coverage
Claim processes
Claim systems
Damage estimating
Liability
Policies
Procedures
Adherence to applicable legal compliance standards
Settlement
Xactimate strongly
Desired experience for field property adjuster includes:
Four-year college degree preferred, plus 5 years experience in property adjusting preferred
HS Diploma/GED plus a minimum of 3 years of property estimating experience
Prior use of Xactimate is preferred
High School Diploma/General Education Diploma (GED), plus three years’ experience writing estimates for an insurance carrier or in an auto body shop
Four-year college degree is preferred, must have at least have HS Diploma / GED with a minimum of 3-5 years property estimating experience with an insurance carrier
Four-year college degree is preferred or HS Diploma/GED with property estimating experience
Field Property Adjuster Examples
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Field Property Adjuster Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of field property adjuster. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for field property adjuster
- Use attention to detail to accurately interpret insurance coverage and to assess structural and personal property damages
- Use attention to detail to accurately interpret insurance coverage
- Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks...........this will include a driver’s record
- This position requires the ability to work in high, precarious places between 1 and 33% of the time
- This position requires the ability to work with exposure to outside weather conditions between 66 and 100% of the time (applies to field position only)
- This position requires the ability to work with exposure to outside weather conditions between 66 and 100% of the time
- Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks to include a driver's record
- Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks, to include a driving record
- Investigates, analyzes, evaluates and negotiates personal claims of minimal to moderate complexity
- May handle first notice of loss of water damage claims
Qualifications for field property adjuster
- Four-year college degree is preferred with strong customer service or HS Diploma/GED with a minimum of 3 years property estimating experience
- Degree in construction management a plus
- Bachelors degree in related field preferred or equivalent experience plus two years’ experience delivering outstanding customer service
- The capabilities, skills and knowledge required is normally acquired through Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and at least 1 year of directly related experience
- Construction or property managment experience preferred
- Construction or Project managment experience preferred
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of field property adjuster. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for field property adjuster
- Prepares report of findings and negotiates settlement
- Determines liability and evaluates damages of all exposures related to the claim
- May handle claims involved in litigation
- You will help guide customers, over the phone, through the claims process by investigating how their auto accident occurred and ensuring that their claims experience is a smooth as possible
- Review customer satisfaction results
- Follows up to ensure that customer needs have been me empathy
- Provide the individual Claims Management on Boulder Claims losses/claims
- Analyze situation to determine if appropriate evidence and been obtained, obtain and interpret official reports and claim forms
- Formulate investigative approach to determine witness credibility by interviewing claimants and appropriate witnesses to gather a complete set of facts
- Be alert to insurance fraud and obtain supportive evidence at location
Qualifications for field property adjuster
- Experience investigating evaluating, negotiating and setting moderately complex property claims strongly preferred
- Bachelors degree in related field preferred or equivalent experience plus 3-5+ years’ experience delivering outstanding customer service preferred
- 3+ years property claims adjusting experience or completion of the Associate Property Field Adjuster training program
- 2+ years experience handling dwelling claims or completion of the Associate Property Field Adjuster training program
- Intermediate knowledge of Xactimate
- Advanced knowledge of property claims contracts
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a field property adjuster. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for field property adjuster
- Maintain expected caseloads and diary while meeting established service, production, quality, sales and educational objectives
- Understand, apply and keep current your knowledge/license of the Federal laws, State laws, and Department of Insurance regulations as they apply to the claims
- Evaluate and maintain acceptable product quality through application of and compliance service standards and internal quality control initiatives
- Based on previous knowledge and expertise, investigate the possibility subrogation or other recovery from a third party and refer to the appropriate department
- Technically guide and oversee experts, including but not limited to causes and origin experts, structural engineers, architects, and remediation experts, to further analyze causation and damages issues on behalf of the client
- Utilize expertise and judgment to estimate initial reserves, reevaluate with circumstances as necessary, and provide insight regarding possible settlements
- Be available for after-hours calls from clients for immediate analysis and independently response to accident scenes/loss locations to conduct investigation/claim management
- May plan the work of staff members/vendors and may have some involvement with the coaching, developing, training and appraisal processes for subordinate team members
- 3 years or more of Homeowners and Commercial Property Claims handling experience preferred
- 3 or more years of Homeowners and Commercial Property experience preferred
Qualifications for field property adjuster
- Ability to lift a minimum of 35 lbs and to traverse ladders and roofs
- Previous experience using a computer estimating system such as Xactimate is a definite plus
- Adjuster’s licenses are especially desirable
- Four-year college degree is preferred or have at least have HS Diploma / GED with previous property estimating experience
- High School/GED degree required and/or Bachelors degree in related field preferred or equivalent experience
- Must be willing to travel for Catastrophe and severity based duty when necessary
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Our company is looking for a field property adjuster. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for field property adjuster
- Prepares damage estimates for claims with medium complexity using Xactimate and Disto Laser measuring tool
- Responsible for claim accounting of all payments to ensure appropriate coverages applied and claim paid in full
- Test for and apply for state licenses across the country for capacity in virtual claim handling
- May handle claims involving sink holes, or claims that include Public Adjuster involvement
- Inspects and estimates contents damage in a dwelling
- Investigate, measure, and resolve claims
- Provide excellent customer service to our customers
- Assess structural and personal property damages
- Handle more complex losses independently and with minimal direction
- Inspects, scopes, approves, and adjusts estimates of damage, determines loss amounts
Qualifications for field property adjuster
- Flexibility to work nontraditional hours including disaster claim duty per customer needs
- Four-year college degree is preferred or HS Diploma/GED with a minimum of 2 years property estimating experience
- Four-year college degree is preferred or HS Diploma/GED with a minimum of one year property estimating experience
- High School degree required and/or Bachelors degree in related field preferred or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 2 years field adjusting experience
- Xactimate proficiency
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of field property adjuster. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for field property adjuster
- Recommend referral to SIU where appropriate and may assist the SIU in their investigation and settling of the claim
- Must be willing and able to perform CAT adjustment duties (overnight travel involved) including, handling of ladders, climbing on roofs and other physical demands involving outside property claim handling
- Inspect, photograph, measure, sketch, and assess damages to homes involved in losses such as partial fire, total fire, water damage, wind damage, flood damage, hail, and vandalism
- Determine the extent of the property loss estimating the cost to repair, replace, or compensation
- Identify additional exposures such as Personal Property/Contents, Additional Living Expense, Mold, Ordinance related to a property loss
- Equivalent experience plus two years’ experience delivering outstanding customer service preferred
Qualifications for field property adjuster
- Depending upon qualifications candidate may be hired at a higher level
- High School diploma or GED required &/or Bachelors degree in related field preferred or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of prior property claims handling experience preferred
- High School diploma or GED required &/or Bachelors degree preferred
- Prior experience writing estimates in the insurance or construction industry preferred
- Minimum five years experience in property estimating experience preferred