r/ClaimsAdjuster

3.5 years looking for a job
8 years in auto claims
7 years in WC
30+ in the insurance field

100s of applications
A handful of interviews
100s of rejections

I had an interview today, went well.

Or so I thought.

Rejection came 2 hours later.

Thankfully I have a job, I’m just burned out and need change .

I’m apparently employable (because I’m employed).
But not hireable anymore (because I’ve aged out).

I’m tired
I’m frustrated
I’m done
I’m defeated
It’s over

Sigh

I have a second interview with National General/ Allstate for an WFH Automotive claims adjuster trainee. Wanting to know your guys thoughts on this job? I am currently a service advisor/ manager and am so burnt out of this job, been doing it for 4 years now. The money is great but just super tired of the job and don’t think I can handle this much constant stress long term as it has started to affect my health some. I’ve heard being an adjuster is just as stressful and the pay won’t be even remotely close? Is it worth making this jump to get out of being an SA with a big pay cut. Any advice or input from someone would be great especially if they came from being a service advisor! Side note,I’d love to do field claims but I’m sure that would take alittle while to get there.

I’ve been at Allstate for over a year in sales. Just switched over to National General as a property auto claims adjuster. Any tips on how to quickly move to my dream job of CAT auto field adjuster on the Allstate side again?

Ok - so got in interview with a smaller company for a claims adjuster role - and when I read up on this company at the job board sites - the reviews are mostly ALL positive. Like high 4s on a 1-5 scale positive and the only negatives seem to come from their IT department (who were largely outsourced a few years ago).

Claims in particular gets great scores - reasonable work life balance / good team and management. This just makes me feel the whole thing is faked. Sorry after 20 years in this industry and claims - I cannot believe there is a single unicorn company where everyone is happy in claims. Even a vast majority being happy seems off.

I’m probably crazy for even considering the job in this environment. I’m employed, well paid and 100% WFH. Overall - I have a good senior management group at my employer now - my team is neither a positive or a negative (largely no contact at all despite being a small group as we are all remote and spread out) - but my manager is a complete and total moron. Seriously will argue no matter how clearly wrong they are - and recently has taken to not only deciding to handle claims in my name and changing decisions I have made (and telling people that the liability was changed without consulting me) - but is even creating letters with my name and signing as me. I was always taught the manager cannot handle claims as there needs to be a degree of autonomy in the reps handling. I mean clearly when there’s a reason to change a decision - calling the adjuster and discussing/pushing to go a certain way. But just saying - I disagree because I don’t want to possibly have someone calling to complain despite it being 100% word vs word is crossing a line to me.

But back to the point - are there really companies out there where claims reps are happy and well paid - or is this just complete and total BS planted by a company with high turnover to sucker people into their web.

Unsure if other claims districts are dealing with the same thing but basically they keep adding things at the drop of a hat to our audit expectation and putting more things on us that should be dealt with by UW etc while claims loads seems to slowly increase. I feel like with being new to where I am in claims now, it’s so much to keep up with and I fear I will never be caught up when I used to be ahead and did great on audits before the “promotion” and new changes. Is anyone else experiencing this? I feel like I do well and never try to short cut things but I mean… the things they are expecting now is becoming a little overwhelming and there is no leeway.
Anyone else with mine experiencing the same feeling? Is your company freaking out and changing a bunch of crap out of nowhere? Mergers, man.

I recently got approved for my adjuster license in Texas . I’m soon to start applying for jobs . I have a sibling who works for pilot and is the one who referred me to this career path. I have a felony charge from a few years ago where I completed deferred adjudication probation a few years back which means the charges are dropped and case dismissed once completed (nothing with frauds, theft, dishonest acts etc.) my questions is does pilot do do background checks ? And also anyone who’s dealing with charges on background what was you experience with finding an adjuster job? Preferably with pilot if possible

Will more than likely be interviewing in the next week or two. I am retired Army, went to work for a local city as a commercial and residential building, plumbing, and mechanical inspector. I am ready to move into a position with less politics and more integrity.

This is a remote position with a territory of about 2 hours any given direction, that is in rural Appalachia. The adjuster that recently retired received on average one new claim a day.

The last few years of my army career I was a recruiter, that I now regrettably admit I was good at. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and AuDHD. I tend to hyper focus on my jobs in order to gain the most amount of knowledge I can possibly gain. I can handle a lot of stress but what I can’t do it be apart of anything shady or screwing over the vulnerable.

Would this job be a good fit? Is Shelter a respectable company to work for? I use them for my home insurance but USAA for everything else so I have had zero interaction with my agent. The job posting has the pay listed as $23-$33 an hour. Is this typical? I make $30 an hour as an inspector and really don’t want to take a pay cut if I don’t have to. Is it typical to really start out at $23 an hour, is it appropriate to negotiate or will that kill my chances? This will be my first interview for a non govt job. Any tips? Should I wear a suit, I am a female, or something more casual like a cardigan or sweater?