New "destructive" weather alerts for mobile devices
The National Weather Services has added a new emergency alert that will be sent to mobile devices. The "destructive" weather alert will warn anyone in harm's way.…
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How are spiking building material prices affecting property damage insurance claims?
Building material prices have skyrocketed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent study by the National Association of Home Builders lumber prices are up 250% since April 2020. So how does that affect your property damage insurance claim?
How to navigate hail damage to your business
Hail damage is something that can impact any business, here is some advice from our public adjusting experts who have dealt with hail insurance claims.…
Sill's team helps restaurant owner recover after fire
Sill handles all types of loss claims for any business. In October of 2019 an electrical fire caused significant damage to the Mississippi Belle restaurant in Indianapolis The fire happened overnight so fortunately nobody was injured. Jay Wilson, the owner was now facing his first insurance loss claim since opening the restaurant 20 years earlier.…
What is a private adjuster?
A private adjuster is an insurance industry professional, licensed by each state’s department of insurance in which they work, to protect the public by serving as an advocate for the policyholder against his own insurance company during the claims process.…
Hall Aluminum Products
One of the Midwest’s leading manufacturers of commercial glass and glazing products, curtain wall, storefront glass, composite wall panels and aluminum windows and doors suffered a significant fire to its production facilities in Indiana.…
Eltek of Indiana's manufacturing fire
A large fire broke out from an enormous heating/drying oven during the plating operation at one of the Midwest largest plating manufacturing facilities, Eltek of Indiana. The fire caused damage to Eltek’s building and business property, resulting in the significant loss of income.…
Creps United Publications hit with devastating fire
A devastating fire broke out at Creps United Publications when a paper break resulted in a printing press oven and thus triggering a negative air flow which “pulled the flames” out of the oven.…
The Night Owl Food & Spirits
As Greg Ardisson sadly found out, insurance claims (even those that seem no-brainer, straight-forward, policy limits claims) are far more difficult to manage and resolve than an insured could ever anticipate. A disastrous fire struck The Night Owl Food & Spirits restaurant and lounge that not only threatened the Ardisson family livelihood, but, in fact, threatened to change their whole lives. As Mr. Ardisson commented: “Our family depended on those businesses for not only our livelihood, but it was indeed our lives. My two sons were born and raised during my tenure as a small business owner and our plans were for them to carry on the family business…”.…
Equity Property Management
This story is all too familiar for an insured incurring hailstorm damage. Castleton Manor Apartments in Indianapolis, Indiana, found itself in an “insurance adjusting nightmare” better known as “Insurance Catch-22” when several of its apartment buildings suffered damage to roofs due to a hailstorm.…