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Paid Why loss adjusters are key to claims service excellence

September 1, 2023 Gloria Cilliers

In a post-pandemic hard market, where economic uncertainty mounts and severe weather losses continue to soar, the value of fast, efficient claims service has never been more important. “The frequency and ferocity of severe weather events will continue to increase

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Why adjusters are feeling squeezed during Cat response

June 3, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

As NatCats increase in frequency, getting adjusters to the scene of a claim has been “tougher than it’s been in years past.” Claims experts blame economic strain and inflationary pressures, as well as to the ongoing war for talent.  Following

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Industry needs ‘to find a solution’ to this claims adjusting problem

September 9, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

Something needs to be done to make it easier to let Canadian claims adjusters work outside their home province in the event of a disaster, speakers suggested on a recent webinar. “It’s generally understood that it’s easier to bring U.S.

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Adjusting Calgary’s hailstorm: The rationale for bringing in U.S. Cat adjusters

August 28, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

During the hail storm this past June that damaged tens of thousands of Alberta homes, adjusting firm CRU Group struggled to find enough qualified independent catastrophe adjusters in Canada, and wound up resorting to bringing in people from the United

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Full speed ahead for the Catastrophe Response Unit

June 19, 2020 by CRU Adjusters

TORONTO, ON, JUNE 19, 2020/insPRESS/ – CRU GROUP’s CAT team was welcomed back to assist with the severe storm that hit Calgary over the weekend. The storm caused catastrophic damage with both hail and flooding and the CRU GROUP CAT

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CRU GROUP honoured to assist with Fort McMurray devastation

May 5, 2020 by CRU Adjusters

TORONTO, ON, MAY 5, 2020/insPRESS/ –  Unlike the 2016 wildfire, Fort McMurray residents and business owners only needed to evacuate for one week before returning to their properties after the recent flood. Assessing the damages and working through the necessary

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CRU GROUP welcomes new USA, Senior Business Development Leader

July 20, 2018 by CRU Adjusters

TORONTO, July 20, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Kyle Winston, President and CEO of CRU GROUP, today announced the hiring of Laura Pastore as the new Vice President U.S. Business Development for Catastrophe Response Unit USA.  “This is a huge coup for CRU”

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CRU Group Expands USA Operations

June 11, 2018 by CRU Adjusters

TORONTO, June 11, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Kyle Winston, President and CEO of CRU GROUP, today announced a significant broadening of the companies’ operations in the United States. The expansion is being led by Paula Holladay, USA Operations Manager. Reporting to

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Massive Take-Up for New CRU VUE Program Reported

June 4, 2018 by CRU Adjusters

TORONTO, June 4, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Launched only 14 days ago, the new CRU VUE Roof Image Program is currently running 8 separate two-person teams across Ontario and will be adding another 4 teams in the coming week. Since initial roll-out,

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CRU Adjusters teams up with Kespry’s industrial drone platform for adjusting property claims

July 13, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

CRU Adjusters, an independent adjusting firm specializing in customized claims handling solutions in Canada and the United States, has announced a collaboration with Kespry’s industrial drone platform to power CRU’s drone division for adjusting property claims. The collaboration, after more