Surviving Carrier Reinspections on Closed Files

Who this is for

Independent adjusters whose closed files face carrier and firm quality reviews, and public adjusters who want every closed claim to stand on its own. If a reinspection notice on a months-old file would send you digging through texts and memory, this is for you.

The problem

Reinspections judge your work when you are not in the room. The property has changed, the roof may be replaced, your memory has faded, and the reviewer has only one source of truth: the file. Most adjusters lose reinspection disputes not because their scoping was wrong but because the justification lived in their head instead of the file. The result is corrected findings, damaged scorecards, and quieter phones next storm season. The defense cannot be built after the notice arrives. It gets built in small habits while the claim is open, and finished with a ten minute checklist before the file closes.

What is inside the free PDF

• The seven questions reviewers commonly ask of any closed file
• The build-it-defensible habit list that costs minutes per claim
• The ten minute closing checklist, including the stranger test
• A calm, seven step response protocol for when a finding arrives
• The three pile method for sorting findings: right, missing context, wrong
• A monthly self-audit routine that finds your gaps before a reviewer does
• The common mistakes that turn one finding into a pattern

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