Yeager Public Adjusting: Contents Inventory
When you suffer damage to personal items and belongings you probably don’t know where to begin when getting reimbursed. Our team of professionals will take on the daunting task of itemizing all of your belongings and assessing damages and what needs to be restored or replaced. This inventory can range from household items, to furniture, clothing, drapery and more. Taking these lists and turning them into claims with your insurance company is part of the process. Our public adjuster knows that through you insurance policy you are entitled to receive reimbursement for what you might think is small and irrelevant. Look to our experts to help you through this process start to finish.
Do You really have time to over see the full process and ensure you are getting what you should?
When a loss occurs you should do the following:
- Call our office immediately to ensure your claim is properly reported.
- Don't move or discard any damaged goods.
- Protect your property from further damage. Move undamaged goods to a safe place.
- Don't clean-up damaged area until photos or video has been taken of the loss.
- Take a visual inventory of the damaged property.
Following your call to our office and signing the contract, we do the following on a typical loss:
- Report the loss to the insurance company.
- Review your insurance coverage and apply it to the loss.
- Meet with insurance company representives including their contractors, engineers and cause and loss experts.
- Survey the damage and prepare a comprehensive estimate of repair on our state-of-the-art system.
- Photograph the loss and diagram the building.
- Inventory the loss of personal, business or stock items.
- Evaluate values of these articles in replacement cost and actual cash amounts.
- Assist the owners in locating temporary housing.
- Arrange for emergency services (i.e.) winterization of the plumbing system.
- Secure the building - arranage for board up.
- Negotiate the best possible settlement you are entitled to under the policy.
- Resolve difference of opinion between the insurance company and yourself.
