adjuster

noun

ad·just·er ə-ˈjə-stər

variants or less commonly adjustor

: one that adjusts

especially : an insurance agent who investigates personal or property damage and makes estimates for effecting settlements

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This May, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation found that in Ian’s wake, Heritage sometimes used adjusters who were not properly licensed. —

Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024 Microphone adjuster Some people are extra tall and some people are extra short. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024 For decades, these adjusters have used the same methods to assess property damage after natural disasters. —

Diana Olick, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024 First, the lawmakers wrote, there are cases in which an insurance company revises the damage amounts logged by a field adjuster by more than 90 percent — the type of distortion reported on by the Post and CBS. —

Saul Elbein, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for adjuster