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Tag Archives: insurance claim
We love claims
As long as there is insurance, there will always be claims. However, there is much bad press and negative sentiment about claims. Invariably they can often be protrayed as false, exagerated or fraudulent. Every claim is treated with suspicion and … Continue reading
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Tagged award, awards, Balcombes, Book of Quantum, brokers, claim, claims, experience, expertise, fire, Injuries board, insurance, insurance broker, insurance claim, loss adjuster, loss assessor, loss assessors, Motor Insurance Bureau, personal injuries, property claims
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Black Friday
The Insurance Brain Drain. There isn’t a week goes by without news of a loss adjuster leaving the insurance industry for alternative careers. Some cannot stand the pressure of being answerable to too many masters. The ever increasing compliance burden … Continue reading
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Tagged career, claim, claims, insurance claim, loss adjuster, loss adjusters, loss assessor, loss assessors, property claims, public loss assessor, weather event
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Insurers – who can you trust?
Unfortunately, the great insurance industry that I have been engaged in for all my working life has been rocked by scandals, impropriety, insolvency, fraud and ethical malpractice with increasing frequency over the past 5 years. In the 2016 Edelman Trust … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, claim, insurance claim, knowledge, loss adjusters, loss assessor, loss assessors, trust
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Balcombes offer support to Irish Canadian wildfire victims
Balcombes have reached out to offer advice and assistance to the Irish community in the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada who have lost property in the wild fire currently raging there. Managing Director, Jim Flannery made contact through Facebook … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Balcombes, Canadian wildfires, Fort McMurray, Humanitarian aid, insurance claim, loss assessor, Support
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Trick or Treat?
Over many years loss adjusting firms have been using many and varied methods of reducing the payout under property damage claims. Some of these methods are in breach of industry norms and even legislative requirements. However when dealing with unsuspecting … Continue reading
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Tagged agreed rates, claim, consumers, insurance claim, loss adjusters, property claims, treating customers fairly
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Why use a Loss Assessor?
For most people their home is their castle, or their business is their empire. Everyone likes to feel empowered, i.e. educated and informed, to be in control of their decision making process. Nobody likes to feel vulnerable and uncertain. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, advocate, assessor, Balcombes, claim, claims, consumer, consumers, fire, insurance claim, insurance policy, loss adjuster, loss adjusters, loss assessor, loss assessors
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Fire damage – Know your rights
It never ceases to amaze us how many people still do not know that they can avail of a service to help them with their property insurance claim. Unfortunately we do not have a large marketing budget to engage … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, assessor, Balcombes, claim, claims, consumer protection code, Financial Regulator, fire, insurance claim, insurance policy, loss adjusters, loss assessor, loss assessors, property claims, rights
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Vote YES for Equality……Appoint Balcombes
The contract of insurance is an inherently un-equal one when it comes to making a claim. The warm and happy relationships depicted in Insurers’ advertising campaigns are set aside and the Insurer/Claimant relationship is no longer ‘personal’…… it’s business. On … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Balcombes, brokers, claims, consumer protection code, insurance claim, insurance policy, loss adjusters, property claims, public loss assessor
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Insurance headache at ‘Store It’ facility
A major blaze in the Store It facility in Ballymount off the M50 in Dublin has destroyed the building and the contents of the storage units. More than 50 firefighters have been battling the fire since the alarm was raised … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, assessor, Balcombes, Balcombes Claims Management, business interruption, claim, claims, fire, insurance, insurance broker, insurance claim, insurance policy, loss adjusters, loss assessor, property claims, public loss assessor, trust
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April Fools – It’s no joke
A fire started in one house in a terrace of 6 in Newbridge, Co. Kildare last night. The results are devastating for the owners and occupiers. When the Garda forensic invesigation is over the properties will be handed back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Balcombes, Balcombes Claims Management, claim, fire, insurance, insurance claim, loss adjusters, loss assessor, pro-consumer
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