Is your insurance company really looking out for your best interest? What are your options after suffering a loss and filing an insurance claim? Do you understand your insurance policy? Check out this video where FOX 11 Investigates insurance companies in Wisconsin and why paying good money to insure your property doesn’t mean they will have you back. FOX 11 also highlights why hiring a Public Adjuster may give you the representation you need to ensure you are getting the most out of your insurance claim.

If you’ve suffered a property loss to your home, it has undoubtedly caused you substantial stress and grief. Dealing with your insurance company should not compound your worries but, unfortunately, all too often a claim is mishandled and as the insured, you can be left feeling your insurer is not living up to its policy’s promises or is in bad faith. In that case, it may be time to consider hiring a public adjuster to assist you with your claim. When you seek the help of a public adjuster, there are three main points to keep in mind:

With the spate of disasters now plaguing our country and, indeed, the world, it's important for homeowners to have sufficient, quality homeowner's insurance in force. It's also important to understand how it works, what benefits it provides and how to claim your fair share if and when a claim is made. Even with all these bases covered, seeking an insurance claim settlement for a property loss you've suffered is no simple exercise, especially when tackled on your own without the assistance of a public adjuster.

When your home is damaged due to a fire or other insured peril, you have a lot of tasks to accomplish to get your home back to normal. You must restore or replace your personal property, find a contractor to repair your home and work with the insurance company adjuster to settle your claim and resolve any coverage issues. A public adjuster helps you through the claim process, but is that your best option?

When a disaster strikes, damaging your home or business, your insurance claim settlement becomes the solution to getting your life back to normal. You need the insurance money to repair your property. You need it to replace your furnishings and pay your extra expenses. You want your settlement check as quickly as possible, because you feel like everything is on hold until your claim is resolved and the damage is repaired.

What's the role of a public adjuster I’m Jill Horner and this is Comcast Newsmakers with me this hour is Gene you know he is president at the American Association of public insurance adjusters. Thanks for being with us thank you Jill thank you for having it's the first of all let's define what you do as an organization, what a public adjuster actually does and the role that they serve for both homeowners and business owners.

When your insurance company denies your basement flooding insurance claim, they always trying to find reasons to avoid compensating their clients. You may be tempted to give up, but just because the insurance company initially denied your claim does not necessarily mean that it will stay denied for good. The best thing to do is take a deep breath and move on to the next step.

Adjusters are professionals that work in the insurance field and help determine coverage areas and evaluate cases to arrive at a value of an insurance claim or the validity of the same. There are two types of adjusters, “Independent” or company adjusters and public adjusters. Although a public adjuster is a concept unknown to most people, a public insurance adjuster is vital to optimal utilization of an insurance policy in a claim settlement

If your home has suffered extensive water damage after a storm, flood or frozen pipe, you need to act fast, assess the damage, and get assistance from a reliable public insurance adjuster in order to obtain a fair amount of compensation to be used for repairs.

When your family or business encounters an unfortunate loss of any kind, it is important to avoid these mistakes to ensure a smooth and successful claim settlement.