In February of 2019, a fast-moving fire tore through the barn at the Scenic Ridge Fruit farm in Jeromesville, Ohio. In a matter of minutes, the barn, along with valuable equipment used to operate the business was destroyed.…
In October of 2019, a fire gutted Diesel Dick's Auto Repair shop in Bloomington, Illinois. Alan and Pamela Dick had been operating the repair shop at this location since 1985. Within minutes their business was left in ruins.…
In February of 2019, a fire broke out at The Federal Metal Company in Bedford, OH. The building suffered extensive damage because of the fire, which had a significant impact on their production capabilities. Within three weeks, Sill Public Adjusters were on the property, working with company leaders to get them on the road to recovery.…
In January of 2020, American Claims Management Services, based in Towson, MD, was acquired by Sill. Sill is the nation’s leading public adjusting firm with offices throughout the United States. American Claims Management Services (ACMS) has offered exceptional adjusting services to residential and light commercial insureds in the mid-Atlantic region for decades.…
Typically, most of my friends regard our business, insurance claims management on behalf of insureds, with resounding disinterest at best. My “day at the office” is generally low on the list of topics brightening a Saturday evening with friends and often simply disregarded altogether.…
Nearly every business enterprise in America and around the world has been impacted financially as a result of the coronavirus. Many of those businesses have property insurance that include some type of business interruption insurance coverage for which they have been dutifully paying premiums, oftentimes for years, without submitting a claim.…
As President of NAPIA, I along with other leadership recently submitted a letter to the state insurance commissioners in an effort to strongly urge changes be made to protect insured who have suffered a financial loss due to the coronavirus. I believe that "in these uncertain times, public insurance adjusters are stepping up to protect insureds." …
The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) recently interviewed Sill's Michael Perlmuter to gather business interruption insights for the real estate industry and their membership as well as how it may apply to interruption caused by the coronavirus.…
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.…
