General Adjuster
The senior adjuster who handles complex or large losses — typically commercial property, business interruption, or significant claims that require deeper experience. Half senior claims professional, half technical specialist on losses where the dollar exposure is significant.
What it's like to be a General Adjuster
Most days tend to involve a blend of site visits, technical scoping work, and coordination with experts and stakeholders — walking large losses, partnering with engineers, accountants, or contractors, and producing the comprehensive scoping and analysis large claims require. You'll often spend part of the time on negotiation work with public adjusters, attorneys, or insureds.
The harder part is often the technical complexity combined with the dollar exposure of the losses involved. You'll typically coordinate with multiple experts and stakeholders, where careful work shapes outcomes that can run into millions of dollars.
People who tend to thrive here are technically expert, comfortable with significant exposure, and skilled at the long arc of large-loss handling. The trade-off is the cumulative pressure of carrying significant losses and the road time large losses often require. If you find satisfaction in resolving the most complex property losses well, the role can be a respected destination in property claims.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
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