In this video, Matt and newbie adjuster Seth talk about:

• How to work through a fear of heights as a property adjuster
• How to find work right away in claims
• How to switch careers smoothly without wrecking your family's finances
• A super simple strategy for not becoming a sad statistic on your first major claims deployment

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Matt chats with a 5-year veteran adjuster about

• How he got started on Irma
• Advice for new adjusters - people with family and reality check
• Why AdjusterTV Plus is so useful for new adjusters
• Networking
• Should you become a staff adjuster first?
• Should you work for a restoration construction company or a water mitigation company?
• How to prove to IA firms that you're ready to work?
• Why you should work on your customer service skills and not fight with contractors
• AdjusterTV Facebook Group
• The talent crisis is real
• How to be an ambassador for the claims industry
• Final piece of advice - is this kind of work for you

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Are auto claims a good stepping stone to a career in property claims?
Guest host Max Olson talks about his career in auto claims and how rewarding it's been for him.

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Matt and a former IT worker talk about how - now that he has his feet under him with deployments and daily assignments - he can accelerate his career and find that work/life balance.  

Highlights:

• high volume hurricane claims handling vs ramping up as a new adjuster
• how quickly the snowball can happen 
• roof pictometry vs HOVER
• how Matt deals with chatty roofers
• why having a scoping system helps inspections go faster with fewer errors
• how many pictures should you be taking on cat claims and daily claims - is it different?
• scope all day, write all night vs close on site
• why you should only inspect what you can close that same day - and how to do it

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In this episode, Matt and guest James Mathis talk all about ladders and how to be fast as an adjuster:

• Which ladder?
• Which vehicle?
• Speed secrets:  how to be a very fast adjuster who doesn't suck plus how to schedule and route claims for ultimate speed
• Matt REALLY DID close 36 claims in one day
• An insured has a panic attack over water mitigation (actually hilarious)

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Should you get trained as a staff adjuster and then quit to become an IA?

It's a tough question and one that - if you're new - you will often hear as a great piece of advice.  But is going staff for a few months or a year really a smart way to go?

In this episode of AdjusterTV, Matt and Andy Patterson - who was a multi-decade veteran claims adjuster at a major carrier - chat about Andy's innovative new YouTube channel where he demonstrates how to scope, estimate, and actually perform REPAIRS! 

They also talk about the state of the industry, what it's like to be a staff adjuster versus an independent adjuster, and tons more.

Even though Andy has more experience in claims than Matt does, this is a compelling conversation between two industry veterans who come from two very different backgrounds.

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Join Crawford and Company leaders in a very informative panel discussion and Q&A from the 2022 Crawford Cat Conference in Orlando, FL.

Panelists:
Richard Folkman
Buddy Sheets
Doug New
Pamela Gayles

- Preparation for cat, flood, and desk deployments:
- What state adjuster licenses does Crawford recommend?
- Should you wait and get emergency licenses on cat?
- Gear, equipment, and skills preparation.
- Should you get rope and harness training, certification, and gear?
- Finding fuel and food on major hurricane deployments.
- Why the early bird gets the worm - the adjusters who show up to a storm site first will be the first ones working.
- Off-season prep and housekeeping best-practices - aka “getting your affairs in order” 
- What licenses are needed to run flood claims?
- Major storm orientation on a Crawford cat deployment.
- The importance of Crawford’s RENOVO app - what it is and how it can help you get work.
- What state licenses should you get after your home state/DHS license?
- Deployment best-practices - what happens if you don’t finish your claims?

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In this coaching call, Matt answers Nathan's questions: 

• How do you know which storm deployments to accept? 
• Is the adjuster position disappearing in the insurance industry? 
• How to effectively negotiate rates with IA firms and when is it appropriate to do so? 
• When is it appropriate to end an inspection early if an insured/CTR is being aggressive? 
• What credit cards/Hotels are best for points/rewards? 
• What certifications beyond state licenses are most beneficial for acquiring skills/work? 
• Who let the dogs out? (Seriously, the gate’s open)

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We're doing something a little bit differently in this episode of AdjusterTV.  
Caleb M. joins Matt for an hour-long coaching call.  Caleb asks a TON of great questions but the biggest ones are:

• the biggest pitfalls for new adjusters
• how to avoid burnout
• one- and five-year career path recommendations
• what advice would Matt give himself if he could go back in time to the beginning
• and lots more!

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In this episode of AdjusterTV, Matt and James talk about how adjusters make money, how much you can make - but also the importance of having REALISTIC expectations.
We also talk about:

• Deployment frustrations (major hurricanes)
• Good vs Good Enough in writing estimates 
• Tree bills
• Matt ruins a patio
• James meets childhood friends on claims in distant corners of the country

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