>> All right.
My name is Perry [inaudible].
I'm a field property adjuster.
I inspect residential property losses once we receive the assignment
or the claim from the customer.
I, in turn, contact the customer, make arrangements to inspect the property.
Once I inspect the property, I also complete an estimate of damages,
and work with the contractors or water mitigation personnel
that are involved with resolving the claim.
Primarily, most of the work that I do is wind damage related to windstorms.
However, I also do fire claims, water losses where there's been a plumbing loss
or maybe a water heater has leaked.
Also, some limited lightning claims
where lightning has damaged electronic property and/or the property
or even trees on the property.
But primarily it's wind damage to property.
Once I make the contact with the customer
and schedule the appointment, I arrive at the risk location.
Normally I meet with the contractor of their choice and the customer.
And I allow the customer to walk me through the property, show me the damage, and then I,
in turn, will walk back through the property, taking photos, taking the appropriate measures
of the affected areas and writing an estimate on-site
to restore the property to pre-loss condition.
It's more or less 9:00 to 5:00.
We do set our own schedules.
Sometimes I find myself working prior to that particular hour and also later.
And then there is some weekend work just depending on the volume of the work.
But we're allowed to set our own schedules and, you know of course,
in setting those schedules we have to be cognizant of the needs to the customers
and schedule our schedule around theirs, but for the most part,
it is pretty much 8:00 to 5:00 job.