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As an insurance agent in Florida for over 15 years, I always need a trustworthy public adjuster to help when the insurance companies don't want to pay. The Tutwiler team is always there to answer my calls and help my clients. Orlando Insurance Agent

Understanding Risk Management

In our complex, competitive, and global business environment, risk management is a necessary and critical function for a company’s survival. Risk analysis identifying the perils an organization is exposed to, as well as the placement of the proper insurance coverage to cover losses from these perils when the unexpected happens, is as important as product development, marketing, and sales.

Insurance products are designed to cover a risk or series of risks either in the form of standard industry all risk policies (subject to the exclusions) or manuscript type policies that are written in a specific manner to cover a unique insured’s exposure. In both cases either in-house (staff employee) or an outside risk manager is charged with the responsibility of determining the necessary insurance coverage to cover the risk or provide advice on the recommended financial funds that need to be set aside to cover an expected loss. Clearly, this is a very big responsibility requiring a great deal of experience and training.

Based on the loss adjusting experience of Tutwiler & Associates that have dealt with all types of losses, we have found that a company's risk manager would benefit from bringing in a trained and experienced professional public adjusting firm to adjust losses based on the coverage the risk manager has placed for their principal. Each loss will have its unique fact issues and proper claims management of a loss is critical to the outcome.

Over the years Tutwiler & Associates have worked as a team with risk managers in a wide variety of losses. Risk managers bring to the table the necessary background information on the insured's operations and insurance coverage. Working in conjunction with the risk manager, Tutwiler & Associates loss adjusting experience is then applied to the facts of a specific loss.  The practice and procedures of insurance adjusting often vary from one location to the next. Court decisions as well as rules and regulations issued by the various state departments of insurance will often impact how an adjustment to a loss should be conducted. Tutwiler & Associates make this information and experience available to the risk manager whose function has been to assess risks and place coverage.

A team approach is invaluable and will ensure a successful recovery from a loss.  We encourage risk managers to give Tutwiler & Associates a call at 813-412-8357 or contact us. Integrate us into your team of experts and let us put our years of experience to work for you and your client.   

 

FAQs About Risk Management Assistance

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Yes, having been involved in a wide variety of losses, we understand issues the adjusters hired by the insurance company typically will bring up, post-loss.
Yes, we offer a service to look at your policy in conjunction with your geographic location and give you our view on issues you should discuss with your insurance advisor.
Experience and training! It is not likely you will find the history and training that Tutwiler& Associates has to offer risk managers. Our sole business is focused on loss adjusting.
Absolutely, we have been involved in losses where the insured wants their risk manager on the ground and involved in the daily adjusting issues. Working as a team helps us identify coverage issues that may arise in the course of the adjusting process. For example: the question of the intent of the risk manager and the underwriter regarding a coverage issue can be resolved in an amicable and timely manner when the risk manger is engaged in the adjusting process .

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Local Office

Tutwiler & Associates Public Adjusters, Inc.
Licensed Public Insurance Adjusters & Loss Consultants
Offices: Tampa, Orlando, Palm City, Ft. Myers, Florida; Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA

Executive Office
4300 W. Cypress St.
Suite 780
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: 813.287.8090
Toll Free: 800.321.4488

Licensed in Florida # W840088 &
Texas #1399706 plus 16 other states
and the Virgin Islands