Property Claims Blog
Why Hire a Public Adjuster for Insurance Claims?
Hiring a public adjuster for insurance claims helps you protect your payout. It also avoids costly mistakes and levels the playing field with your insurer…
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5 Tips for Choosing the Right Certified Public Adjuster
A licensed public adjuster helps you deal with your insurance company and fights for a…
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Navigate Your Insurance Claim to Maximize Benefits With the Help of a Public Adjuster
The fastest way to maximize your insurance claim is to work with a public adjuster. In…
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5 Effective Ways a WI Public Adjuster Secures Your Settlement
A WI public adjuster works to make sure your property insurance payout actually reflec…
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How a WI Public Adjuster Can Clarify Your Insurance Policy
A WI public adjuster can review your insurance policy, explain confusing clauses in pl…
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5 Key Issues a Public Insurance Adjuster Solves in Wisconsin
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Avoid Documentation Issues: Tips From a WI Licensed Public Adjuster
A licensed public adjuster understands the complexities of an insurance claim. Keeping…
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5 Ways a WI Public Adjuster Eases the Stress of an Insurance Claim
If your property has been damaged, getting compensation isn't always easy. A WI public…
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How a Public Adjuster for Roof Claim Turns ‘No’ into a Paid Claim
Homeowners often expect their insurance to cover storm damage, but many are surprised …
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Public Adjuster vs. Independent Adjuster: Understand Their Core Differences
A public adjuster represents you, the policyholder, while an independent adjuster work…
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Public Adjuster Services: Your Ally Against Low Insurance Offers
If you feel your insurance company's offer is too low or unfair, you're not alone... a…
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Home Insurance Claim Denied Because You Filed Late? What You Can Do
If your home insurance claim is denied because it was filed late, you still have optio…
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How a Public Adjuster Can Help with Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Wisconsin
Have you ever felt your insurance company was more focused on protecting its bottom li…
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What Does Your Wisconsin Business Insurance Cover?
Do you know exactly what your insurance policy covers... and what it doesn't? Many Wis…
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Understanding What Your Wisconsin Home Insurance Policy Doesn't Cover
About 37% of U.S. homeowners' insurance claims are denied, according to a 2023 report …
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How Soon Should You File a Property Damage Claim in Wisconsin?
The Insurance Information Institute reports that the average property claim is around …
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What is the Role of an Insurance Appraiser When Invoking an Appraisal Clause?
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EUO Impact on Insurance Payouts: What You Need to Know
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Actual Cash Value vs Replacement Cost: Key Differences Explained
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8 Ways Public Adjusters Maximize Claims
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Public Adjuster for Insurance Claims - Expert Assistance
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Your Guide to Finding the Best Public Adjuster in Illinois
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6 Ways to Handle Water Damage Claims in Wisconsin
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When is The Right Time for the Appraisal Clause?
When is The Right Time for the Appraisal Clause?
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The Hidden Damages of a Fire Loss
There’s more to fire damage than meets the eye. Fire can also cause hidden damages tha…
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Building Code Compliance Adds Substantial Cost When Rebuilding After a House Fire: Who Pays the Bill?
Building codes are in a constant state of evolution. Advancements in engineering, tech…
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Who Decides Whether You Should Rebuild or Repair Your Home After a House Fire?
There’s a long list of things to consider when it comes to deciding whether your fire-…
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Deciding To Salvage or Not to Salvage Personal Property After a House Fire Significantly Impacts Your Fire Claim
When you suffer a house fire, your insurer begins the process of calculating how much …
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Wisconsin Businesses Shut Down Due to COVID-19: Experts are Finding Coverage While Insurance Carriers Claim Exclusions
Experts are finding insurance coverage for business interruption losses related to Cov…
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4 Critical Actions That Predict How Your House Fire Insurance Claim Will Go
Every house fire insurance claim is unique and must be adjusted based on how the polic…
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Decide in 4 Minutes if Hiring a Public Adjuster is a Good Option to Maximize Your Fire Insurance Claim Settlement
It’s normal to feel overwhelmed and uncertain about how your fire damage insurance cla…
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Negotiating Your Fire Damage Insurance Claim Settlement Starts When You Report Your Fire Loss
Your homeowners insurance policy is a legally binding contract between you, the policy…
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Documenting Your Loss is a Difference Maker in Proving Damages From a House Fire
In the aftermath of a house fire, what once was normal is now chaos, and everything de…
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Know How You'll Prove These 5 Things Before Deciding to Settle Your Homeowners Insurance Claim Without a Public Adjuster
It’s easy to talk about settling a homeowners insurance claim like it’s a single event…
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Removing Soot and Smoke Odor After a House Fire: Cost-Saving Strategy or Costly Mistake
Let’s be clear from the start: Smoke and soot contain a chemical cocktail of toxins kn…
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Public Adjuster Act 129 Fails to Protect Property Owners Facing Property Insurance Claims
Following a severe storm, fire, or other disaster, Wisconsin property owners are expos…
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Firefighters Make Sure People Get Through Even the Worst Days
After suffering a total loss commercial fire, Ilde and Dan Nielson were among those re…
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What to Do if Your Fire Insurance Claim is Denied
There are many reasons insurance companies justifiably deny fire insurance claims. But…
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5 Tips to Get the Most Money for Your House Fire Claim
If you’ve suffered a house fire, we’re here to help. Here are some tips for how to max…
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How to Deal with Debris Removal After a House Fire
Understanding Debris Removal Coverage in Your Homeowners Insurance Policy As a homeown…
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After a House Fire: Dos and Don'ts
Dealing with the aftermath of a house fire is overwhelming. There are things to do, an…
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What is Additional Living Expense/Loss of Use and What Does it Pay For?
When a fire or other covered peril renders your home not fit to live in, your homeowne…
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If Your House Burns Down, What are Your Options?
No one should have to deal with the trauma of a house fire. But if your house burns do…
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How To Complete a Total Loss Inventory List After a House Fire
One of the most daunting tasks required in the claim process after losing your home to…
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Vacant or Unoccupied? For Insurance Coverage, the Difference is Important
The two terms “vacant” and “unoccupied” might appear to be synonymous, even interchang…
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Examination Under Oath (EUO): What it is and How to Prepare for One
Imagine the horror of suffering a major house fire and having your belongings destroye…
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Why Hire a Public Adjuster to Help With Fire Damage Claims?
It’s a challenge to do everything you need to do on your own when dealing with the aft…
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How Invoking an Appraisal Clause Can Maximize Your Insurance Claim
Invoking an Appraisal Clause
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How Your Credit Score Impacts Your Property Insurance Premium
When purchasing or renewing a homeowner’s insurance policy, your credit score plays an…
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Top 5 Reasons Why a Public Adjuster Will Negotiate Your Property Damage Claim Better Than You
When you suffer minor damage to your home or business, you can probably handle the ins…
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Fire Risk Goes Up the Minute the Heat Goes On
At just a month into Fall, some Wisconsinites already shoveled snow, many are past the…
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Winter Home Safeguarding Tips Before Heading South
It’s that time of year when scores of Northerners plan to escape winter’s icy grip for…
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Licensed Public Adjusters Make Sure Everything's Covered
An insurance company will never voluntarily pay more than an amount claimed by a polic…
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What to Do When a Frozen Pipe Bursts
According to Insurance Services Office (ISO), water damage claims are the second most …
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Daylight Savings... Time to Change Those Smoke Detectors Batteries
Each year from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November, clocks, …
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House Fires: What Causes Them and How to Prevent Them
What is the leading cause of house fires in the United States? According to the Nation…
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Understanding the Importance of Homeowners Insurance
There are many expenses that come with buying a home. One of the most important is hom…
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Personal Property: Restoration or Replacement? Understanding Your Options
Here is a scenario that occurs more often than you might think.
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Navigating Your Rental Property Fire Claim
If you’re a property manager, real estate developer, attorney or commercial property o…
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National Insurance Awareness Day
You won’t find June 28 celebrated with parades, festivals or fireworks. In fact, the o…
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What to do When Your Home or Business Suffers From Hail Damage
When a hailstorm strikes, it can batter roofs, shred screens and siding, and smash win…
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Water Damage Insurance Claims: Covered or Excluded?
Major rain events — like the ones that have been plaguing Wisconsin this summer — get …
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How Does the Anti-concurrent Cause Clause Apply When Property Damage Occurs
Continuing the discussion about water damage insurance claims, Attorney Edward Beckman…
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Fire Prevention is Everybody's Job
As public insurance adjusters, we have the benefit of knowing we will help every polic…
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Hurricane Irma Proof of Loss
Hurricane Irma will go down as one of the most damaging storms in U.S. history. After …
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7 Ways You Can Help Hurricane Irma & Harvey Victims
What started out as a tropical storm in the Atlantic quickly grew into a monstrous cat…
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Hurricane Irma: 10 Tips for Filing an Insurance Claim
The devastating destruction that Hurricane Irma has left on Florida is unimaginable. C…
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Stucco Lawsuits And Property Damage Insurance Claims
Stucco refers to the type of siding many homes and businesses use to decorate the exte…
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What are the First Things You Should Do if a Pipe Bursts in Your Building?
Colder temperatures lead to frozen pipes, and a frozen pipe often bursts. It’s a good …
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Essential Elements of an Ice Dam Insurance Claim
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8 Things to Consider When Filing Your Commercial Fire Damage Insurance Claim
If you’ve just had fire damage to your commercial property, you’re probably already fi…
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When is Coverage Triggered for a Roof Collapse?
It may seem like you would know when a roof collapse has happened (and when you could …
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Checklist for Filing an Insurance Claim After Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew has finally dissipated and, assuming your family is safe to re-enter…
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Costly Mistakes Managing Your Own Commercial Property Insurance Claim
When your business premises is damaged by an insured cause of loss, there a number of …
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Hidden Costs An Expert Can Recover After a Commercial Property Loss
When a fire damages your commercial building, it sets into motion a complicated recove…
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Avoid These 4 Commercial Property Insurance Claim Delays
Settling a commercial property insurance claim is a complex transaction. Though your f…
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Questions to Ask an Insurance Expert After a Business Fire Damage Loss
When you experience business fire damage, it may become a front page headline, a six o…
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5 Ways a Public Adjuster Can Maximize Your Commercial Claim Settlement
Commercial property claims are complicated, so insurance companies send out their most…
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5 Helpful Steps To Get Your Insurance Company To Pay Up
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Top 10 Commercial Property Loss Claims Miller Public Adjusters Manage
Commercial property loss claims are extremely complicated. If your business has suffer…
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3 Public Adjuster Tips To Speed Up Commercial Insurance Claim Negotiations
When you submit a commercial insurance claim, taking charge from the start will help y…
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Homeowners Insurance Advice From a Public Adjuster
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Is Your Business Properly Insured with a Business Owner's Policy?
Even the most conscientious business owners suffer losses and damages that, if not cov…
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When To Hire a Public Adjuster vs Attorney For Commercial Property Loss
When you manage a commercial property loss for your business, things can get complicat…
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Business Interruption Coverage After a Property Damage Insurance Loss
You invest your time, money, and resources to keep your business up and running. Despi…
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How to File a Complaint With the Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner
`When you must present a property damage claim to your insurance carrier, you begin th…
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Does Your Small Business Have a Disaster Recovery Plan?
As a professional in the industry, Miller Public Adjusters has seen the impact of natu…
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Top 6 Ways a Public Adjuster Can Settle Property Claim Disputes
When your home is seriously damaged, it's difficult to navigate the claim process alon…
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Hiring a Public Adjuster Can Help Settle Your Insurance Claim
As with most self-sufficient adults, you might not consider hiring a public adjuster t…
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Using a Public Adjuster vs. Managing Your Own Insurance Claim
Hiring a public adjuster to handle your property damage claim makes a difficult time m…
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Don't Wait For The Insurance Company To Make An Offer On Your Claim
The old wisdom, "Good things come to those who wait" doesn’t necessarily apply when yo…
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Why Having an Insurance Policy Expert Can Prevent Costly Mistakes on Your Claim
Licensed and bonded public adjusters are regulated by their state’s rules and policies…
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Not Using a Public Adjuster For Your Insurance Claim Might Cost You
When your home is damaged by fire, windstorm, or some other insured peril, you must wo…
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The Role of a Chicago Public Adjuster after a Fire
Insurance claims are complicated. Understanding the process may be even more frustrati…
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Top Property Insurance Claims That Occur in the Winter
In the Chicago metropolitan area, roof damage is a common occurrence when temperatures…
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Fox 11 Report: Get More On Your Insurance Claim With a Public Adjuster
Is your insurance company really looking out for your best interest? What are your opt…
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Negotiating Contractor Expenses on Home Insurance Claims
Disputes over a property settlement claim are not uncommon. Insurers often turn down a…
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What You Should Know About Uniform and Consistent Insurance Repairs
Personalizing your home into a comfortable, enjoyable space takes a lot of time and ef…
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5 Ways to Avoid Home Insurance Claim Delays
Saying haste makes waste can be aptly applied when you decide to file a claim with you…
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Proper Timeline When Filing a Property Damage Insurance Claim
It’s devastating for homeowners to suffer a major property loss. And it’s perfectly na…