adjuster
Americannoun
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adjusters
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a person or thing that adjusts.
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an insurance company representative who investigates claims and makes settlement recommendations based on the estimate of the damages and the company's liability.
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But the most obvious explanation might be the correct one: Acme’s first adjuster misjudged the damage, possibly with a bias toward keeping costs down for the company.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
After submitting countless applications, the 22-year-old found work as an insurance-claims adjuster in Chennai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
“It’s amazing how he just only works in these types of firms,” a Florida insurance adjuster who allegedly acted as Nourafchan’s connection to the traders, said on a phone call cited in the indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Santiago, a 35-year-old insurance claims adjuster and a plaintiff in the lawsuit against D.R.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
“We’re meeting the insurance adjuster, and then we’re going to see what we can salvage from the house.”
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Insurance companies send out adjusters and engineers, and often take a conservative approach to repairs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Without seeing the adjusters’ reports, it’s impossible to know what happened, and not being a roof man myself, I don’t think I’d give you a better appraisal than the loss adjusters did.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
By the 1980s, the Arizona Republic’s classified pages were stuffed with ads for jobs like insurance-claims adjusters, customer-service supervisors and associate auditors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The company also noted it held meetings with adjusters after hearing about the alleged violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
"The intercept distance was going to be way too big. So they're using the attitude adjusters to close the gap."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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