Home Owners And Renters

Your home will likely be the biggest investment of your life. You need to protect it by choosing a good company to provide homeowner's insurance.

Do not just go with the cheapest insurer because you will probably not get all the coverage you need. Do some homework to determine what your needs are in terms of homeowner's insurance. For instance, if you live in an area with earthquakes, you need a company that offers earthquake insurance. The same goes for other natural disasters.

Decide whether you want just the home to be covered or if you want certain items in the home to be replaced if necessary. Once you know what you need in regards to coverage, start researching to see what company can provide the best service.

Florida offers three different All Lines Adjuster licenses and the qualifications for each are also different. A 6-20 Company All Lines license is reserved for those who are already employees of insurance companies.

A Florida 5-20 Independent All Lines adjuster license is available to those who are not insurance company employees. These applicants plan to work on behalf of insurance companies through independent adjusting companies. A 3-20 Public Adjuster represent property owner's against insurance companies, and the qualifications for this license are different from the first two categories.

Do you have any experience in the insurance profession adjusting claims? Do you have any experience in the construction industry? Are you an employee of an insurance company who will be employed as an adjuster? If your answer to these to questions is 'no', you may want to consider the 5-20 Independent license.

Most restoration contractors and most insurance companies follow the same industry standards (i.e., IICRC S500) for determining the scope of work required as well as for determining allowable charges for that work. This standardization helps avoid complications and confusion regardless of the number of parties that are involved. It especially helps when, as in many cases, the restoration company has to start emergency mitigation after normal business hours and/or before a claim has been filed and almost always before an adjuster arrives on the scene. Restoration contractor is to begin emergency mitigation, set up a drying strategy, estimate the loss, and then to allow the insurance company to assess the damage while drying is taking place before beginning restoration work.