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A blog about starting an insurance adjusting career and how it can help you earn more money and improve your life.
Stephen Storey talking about his time making $18,500 a month as an Insurance Adjuster
Roadmap to Becoming an Independent Insurance Adjuster
It’s true. Starting your career as an insurance adjuster is one of the surest ways to make 6 figures a year. But if you’re looking to get started, you don’t want to feel lost at sea. Fortunately for you, there are a lot of awesome tools out there like the Roadmap to Becoming an Independent Insurance Adjuster course that can help you find success! This course was designed to provide you with insider info on what it takes to get started in the industry, and the steps taken to reach over $100,000 in just 12 months.
What an Insurance Adjuster is and what they do
Many people think that an insurance adjuster is someone who takes your statement after a car accident and decides how much to pay you. In reality, an insurance adjuster is a highly trained professional who has the ability to work anywhere in the world.
Insurance adjusters are responsible for investigating and resolving property, auto, and casualty claims. They are often hired by insurance companies to investigate the damage done to an individual’s property or vehicle.
An insurance adjuster must be able to quickly assess the situation, determine what needs to be done and develop a plan of action to fix the problem.
Some of an insurance adjuster’s responsibilities include:
Collecting evidence from the scene of an accident or other incident
Interviewing witnesses, taking photographs, and documenting any damage.
Making sure that victims receive proper medical treatment if needed.
Contacting repair shops and other experts as needed.
Determining fault in a claim situation.
Negotiating settlements with claimants or their attorneys.
The insurance claims industry is one of the best-kept secrets for financial opportunity.
Ever heard of the insurance claims adjuster?
No? I’m not surprised. It’s one of the best-kept secrets in the world of careers. But if you’re looking for a new job, or simply want to earn more money and improve your life, consider this: The average insurance adjuster earns $80,000 to $130,000 per year and is almost always paid on a fee-for-service basis, meaning you get paid for every file you close. If you’re working as an independent adjuster, you can make as much as $500 a day or more when responding to large losses!
For example, during the peak of the 2017 hurricane season, adjusters were making $65,000 to $100,000 in one month.
Licensed adjusters can get paid as low as $16 per hour, also adjusters working at a desk can earn over $1,000 per day. Field adjusters can earn close to $100k in one month inspecting homes after a hurricane. This doesn’t mean you will make only $16 an hour starting out and it also doesn’t mean you will make $100k per month on your first assignment
The opportunity to earn money is there and it’s just waiting for someone like you.
Earn 6-Figures With No College Degree or Previous Experience
By becoming an Insurance Adjuster, you’ll have the opportunity to earn $100K/year while only working 8 months a year. No college degree or previous experience is necessary.
Insurance adjusting is a high-paying career that you can enter with a relatively small investment. The field is also growing, which means it’s a great time to enter the profession.
The work of an insurance adjuster is to investigate insurance claims. This includes going out to the location of a claim and inspecting the damaged property. Adjusters might also interview witnesses and parties involved in the claim in order to determine what happened and how much should be paid out by the insurance company. Then they write up their findings and make a recommendation to the insurance company about how much ought to be paid out on the claim.
Adjusters may also negotiate with claimants and attorneys during this process, as well as manage their own caseloads (although those who are just getting started might not have responsibility for multiple claims at once).
Insurance adjusters must be licensed by the state in which they work, which generally means passing an exam after completing some formal training. A college degree isn’t required, but a background in business or law can provide valuable expertise for this type of work.
While many people think of insurance adjusting as a temporary career — something you do only until something better comes along — it can actually be quite lucrative if you are able to attain your license early on.
The key to success in an insurance claims career is education and training
The insurance industry is experiencing an adjustment talent shortage. Insurance companies are having a tough time filling positions for field adjusters, property appraisers, and total loss specialists. If you’re considering transitioning into this career field there is no better time than now to get started.
The key to success in any career is education and training. With the right knowledge, you can avoid the pitfalls of learning on the job. In the insurance claims adjusting business, you will be expected to quickly acquire a broad-based knowledge of accounting, property law, and insurance policy coverage.
If you’re just starting out in your career as an adjuster it’s important that you first complete one of the many online courses offered by insurance adjusting schools. These courses will provide you with a foundational knowledge of insurance policy coverage, common terms and definitions, insurance policies, and law.
Next, depending on your interest, area of specialty, or location, you may want to consider taking several more advanced classes that will give you an edge over other candidates applying for jobs at various insurance companies
Licensed insurance adjusters are responsible for settling a variety of property and casualty claims. These claims involve situations in which a policyholder suffers the loss of personal property or physical damage to an insured vehicle or building. As part of the claims process, licensed insurance adjusters interview claimants, inspect the damaged property, and determine liability to negotiate a settlement that is fair for both the policyholder and the insurance company.
Insurance adjuster licenses are issued by state departments of insurance. Each state has its own requirements for licensing, but most include passing an exam, completing a certain amount of continuing education courses each year, and renewing the license periodically. State licenses are not transferable between states; an adjuster who moves must apply for licensure in the new state if he wishes to continue working as an adjuster there.
Adjusters who settle claims after major disasters such as hurricanes and floods must complete additional training through FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency). This training is offered free of charge through local community colleges or other agencies designated by FEMA.
Adjusters have lots of opportunities to earn extra money
It is a fact that adjusters are paid more during the busy season. So if you work on a per-day basis, you can make much more money in a short period of time.
If you work for companies that pay by the claim, then your income will be limited by how many claims you can handle and complete in an efficient manner. So if you want to make more money as an adjuster, then it is important to learn how to handle a high volume of claims and complete them efficiently.
Adjusters often have lots of opportunities for overtime, particularly during storm season. Each major hurricane presents a surge in claims volume that can last for weeks or even months. The same is true for tornadoes and other severe weather events.
Even an average thunderstorm can mean a busy day for an adjuster, because it may impact hundreds or even thousands of policyholders. During an emergency, people who want to file claims want to do so immediately, so insurers often prefer to send adjusters on-site as quickly as possible.
In addition to overtime pay, adjusters sometimes get extra income through commissions and bonuses. These are earned through meeting or exceeding performance benchmarks, such as the number of claims processed per month or the accuracy rate with which they’re settled. Some companies also offer bonuses based on individual and team performance.
Adjusters can work anywhere they want
As an independent adjuster, you can go anywhere in the US and make big money. The only limiting factor is how much time you want to spend on the road. This means you can get paid while traveling to beautiful tropical locations like Hawaii or the Bahamas.
Final Thoughts on Insurance Adjusting
Start your insurance adjusting career now! Stop waiting. Don’t fall victim to the “dream killer” that comes with fear of the unknown. You will succeed in this career if you are willing to work hard, but more importantly, you can succeed because you can become a trusted advisor to your clients and exceed their expectations. Most of all, you will change their lives in ways they never thought possible — and that is awesome! If you have any questions or thoughts, please feel free to leave them below in the comments section. I am happy to help anyone who wants to start a new career, even if it is not in insurance adjusting because there are so many rewarding careers out there for those who are willing and ready to take action.
About the Course Creator
In the last 5 years as an Insurance Adjuster, Stephen Storey has worked on 20+ different assignments all across the United States and Canada. He’s handled thousands of claims ranging from hail damaged roofs, to flooded out Ferrari’s.
He has also earned over $100k each of the years that he has been an Independent Insurance Adjuster and he want to show you how you can have a profitable career as in the Independent Insurance Adjusting Industry.
Step 1: Complete the Google Workspace (G Suite) account setup wizard
To get started, you’ll need to create your actual Google Workspace account.
To do that, head here and click the big Get Started button:
This will launch the account setup, which will prompt you to provide Google with some information.
First, enter some basic information about your account. Then, click Next:
On the next screen, you’ll need to enter the information for your Google Workspace admin account.
If you’ve already set up an email through your host, you use that email in the Current email address box. Otherwise, you can enter a personal email address:
Next, indicate whether your business already has a domain name. If you already have a website that you want to use with Google Workspace, you should choose Yes, I Have One I Can Use:
Then, enter your existing domain name in the box and click Next:
Then, click Next again to confirm that you want to use that domain name:
After that, you’ll need to enter a secondary recovery email address, which you’ll use in case you can’t access your primary email address. For example, you could enter your personal Gmail address here, if you have one:
Then, you’ll need to enter a username and password that you’ll use to sign in to Google Workspace. Your username will be your business email address by default (i.e. username@yourdomain.com), so you should keep that in mind when choosing which username to use.
Then, click Agree And Create Account to finish the process:
Once you finish the wizard above, you’ll see a confirmation that your account was created, as well as a button to Go To Setup. Go ahead and click that button:
If you want to give other people access to your shared Google Workspace account, click Start next to Add people to your Google Workspace account. Then, you’ll be able to add additional users.
If you’re the only person who will use this Google Workspace account, just check the box for I added all user email… and click Next:
Step 3: Verify your domain name with Google
Now is when you start getting into the more technical aspects of how to set up Google Workspace (G Suite).
First, you’ll need to verify your domain ownership with Google by adding something called a TXT record.
To help you do this, Google will try to detect where your domain is hosted and provide instructions. For example, Google detected that my example site is hosted at SiteGround.
These instructions are actually pretty helpful, so they may be all you need.
But to give you a little extra help, I’ll show you how to do things using cPanel, which is the hosting dashboard that most web hosts use. If your host doesn’t use cPanel, you might need to consult your host’s support if Google’s instructions aren’t enough by themselves…
To get started, log in to your cPanel dashboard at your host. Then, look for the Advanced DNS Zone Editor tool:
Next, select your domain name from the drop-down.
Then, you need to use the form to add a TXT record that contains the information from the Google Workspace (G Suite) website:
Name – your domain name
TTL – 86400
Type – TXT
TXT Data – copy and paste from the Google Workspace (G Suite) interface (click below if you’re not sure where to find this)
Click if you can’t find the text for the TXT Data field
Step 4: Add MX records for your professional email address
Next, you need to complete one more technical step and add something called MX Records. These are what allow Google Workspace (G Suite) to handle email for your domain name.
Again, I’ll show you how to do this using cPanel. But if your host doesn’t use cPanel, you might need to reach out to your host’s support staff.
To get started, go back to your main cPanel dashboard and find the MX Entry tool:
Then, select your domain name from the drop-down. After that, you should see a pre-made button for Set Google MX. That’s all you need to click! No need to do things manually:
If you don’t see that pre-made option for Google, you can open the Advanced MX Editor from your main cPanel dashboard.
Then, you can manually delete the existing entries and then use the form to add the following entries:
PRIORITY
DESTINATION
1
ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
5
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
5
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
10
ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
10
ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
Once you’ve finished adding the entries, go back to the Google Workspace (G Suite) interface and click the Verify Domain And Set Up Email button:
And if you did everything correctly, you should get a success message:
You just set up Google Workspace (G Suite) and your email should start working soon – enjoy! Note, it might take a few hours before your email starts working, so don’t worry if you don’t receive emails right away.
Starting a business isn’t easy, and it can seem overwhelming. But it’s easier than you think when broken down into small steps. This article will walk you through starting a new business in 10 simple steps.
1. Evaluate your business goals
Begin by asking yourself a few basic questions about your small business idea to refine it:
Why? Think about the purpose of your business and what needs it fills. (Be clear enough about why you’re starting your business so that you can describe its purpose in one sentence.)
What? What is the product or service you’ll be offering?
Who? Who is your target customer base or audience? Be specific in describing demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, income level, location, and other factors.
How? Describe your plan for developing your product or service and delivering it to your customers or clients.
Feel free to brainstorm business names at this stage, but you probably don’t want to get too attached to anything now. Later, you can consult with a marketing professional to help you decide on a name, website domain, and tagline.
2. Start writing your business plan
When starting a small business, it’s never too early to write your business plan. A business plan serves as a guide for every aspect of your new business — a road map that takes you from a simple inspiring idea to a successful company.
Make sure your business plan answers the why who, what and how questions above. In addition, consider including a business description, market strategies, competitive analysis, design and development, operations and management, and financial data.
3. Conduct market research
Market research is critical to help you determine whether your business idea has legs. It examines customer behaviors and economic trends to help you hone your business strategy. Competitive research looks at product demand, demographic data, market size, economic indicators, location appeal, and pricing.
Through careful market research, you’ll be able to figure out who your target customer base is and how to develop products and services that will sell. Market research can also help you determine the name of your business, logo(s), design color schemes, and other branding elements.
4. Business structure and logistics
At this stage, you’ll need to make some important decisions that define your business:
Business name and domain: During the market research stage, you should have chosen a relevant, unique business name. Purchase website domains if you haven’t already secured them. Domains are often inexpensive, so buy as many as you need to ensure that potential customers find you online.
Business structure: Decide what kind of structure is best for your business, such as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company (LLC), or corporation. This is an important step as it can impact taxes, personal liability, your ability to get funding, and more.
Business Location: You’ll not only have to decide where your business headquarters is located but its style of operation — whether that’s a retail outlet or a home office. In addition to your online presence, will it also be brick-and-mortar? If so, you’ll need to think about issues like foot traffic, parking, ordinances, utilities, crime, convenience, and nearby competition.
Once you’ve figured out those key components to starting a business, take care of these remaining tasks:
Apply for a business license and permits, if applicable
Open a business bank account
Apply for appropriate trademarks, copyrights, or patents
Purchase insurance policies
5. Get funding for your small business
One of the most important steps to starting a business is getting funding. Start by figuring out how much money you need. Your business plan should contain a budget for operating for one year. Using a spreadsheet or budget software, include every expense you anticipate, including costs for overhead, production, and marketing.
One way to figure out how much money you need is by performing a break-even analysis. The formula for the break-even point is Fixed costs ÷ (Item price – Variable costs). This analysis can help you determine profitability, how to price products and services, and how much you have to sell to make a profit.
6. Design prototypes and get feedback
Work with freelance designers and engineers to create product prototypes. If your business is service-oriented, this may include designing proprietary products used only by your employees in the field. Then test your designs by setting up focus groups or scenarios where randomly chosen individuals can put your product to the test and complete surveys about their experience. If you’re selling a service, enlist the help of individuals who agree to try it out for free and then give anonymous, unbiased feedback.
7. Put together your leadership team
Put together a team of people who will make your operation flourish. It could include partners, employees, freelancers, contractors, and consultants. Your team should decide on an accounting system and develop a plan for manufacturing, choosing vendors, and hiring workers and independent contractors. You should also establish protocols for communication reporting and responding to harassment and other complaints by employees. Much of this planning will determine what kind of culture your company fosters.
8. Develop Your Product
Here is where you see the fruits of your efforts. Once you’ve finalized the design of your product, make purchases necessary to produce. That could mean setting up a manufacturing process to create a physical product or installing computers to create software. Hire specialists, managers, and workers necessary to make the operation run smoothly. Develop policies for quality control and safety.
9. Get The word Out
How will you get the word out so your target audience gets the message? What social media platforms should you jump on? What kinds of ads will sell your product and where should they appear? How can you appeal to the media so that the public learns about what you’re offering? These are the kinds of questions you’ll need to answer to make sure you’re connecting with potential customers through sales, marketing, advertising, and public relations.
10. Plan For Business Growth
We’ve all heard stories about wildly successful companies that lose sales or even go out of business because they took off too fast and weren’t prepared for success. Learn to delegate roles and responsibilities. That may mean deciding to hire your first employee. You’ll need to look ahead and make decisions so that you’re not caught off-guard when your business takes off. Such plans could include:
Starting a virtual assistant business is the key to financial freedom for many people. It’s the ability to do what you love, have a flexible schedule, and grow your own business. To learn how to start a virtual assistant business and get everything you need to know, just keep reading.
Make 5-figures A Month While Working From Home
Create your own schedule, be your own boss, & make 5-figures a month by starting your own virtual assistant business.
The average rate for a virtual assistant is about $35 per hour. Rates can vary based on the type of work you do and your skillset. The more specialized your skills, the more you can charge. That being said, some services are pretty simple to offer (like social media management) that will still allow you to earn a decent hourly pay rate.
How much you can earn as a VA depends on:
How many clients that you take on
The services that you provide
Your level of experience
Your hourly rate
How many hours worked each week
Virtual assistants can earn up to $100 an hour, although most will charge less. VAs are independent contractors and set the rates for the services they offer. If you want to make more money as a virtual assistant, charge more per hour and get better clients who value what you do and are willing to pay for it.
Make More Money By Niching Down
General virtual assistants can earn anywhere from $25 to $75 per hour, depending on their skills and experience.
Virtual assistants that niche down can make $2,000 a month for 10 hours of work per client by being a specialist.
There’s a huge opportunity for niche virtual assistants — the kind of people who help other entrepreneurs with tasks such as:
Sales Funnel Strategist
WordPress Expert
Content Writer or Copywriter
Facebook Ad Manager
Launch Strategist
Pinterest Manager
The key to making good money as a VA is to be a specialist. If you’re a generalist, there are plenty of low-paying gigs out there — but you’ll have to compete with lots of other people. By specializing, you can charge more and secure more clients easily.
What Skills Are Needed To Be A Great Virtual Assistant?
Most virtual assistants start their business by performing one service (such as data entry) for one client. As they build a reputation and get more experience, they can add additional services and clients, allowing them to charge higher rates.
Virtual assistants work in many different industries, so the requirements vary depending on the clients you want to serve. In general, here are the skills you’ll need:
Technical skills — You don’t need to be an I.T. expert, but some degree of technical literacy is necessary. Most virtual assistants use software such as Microsoft Office or Google Docs, which are widely used by businesses of all kinds.
Administrative skills — Virtual assistants are often described as “virtual secretaries,” so knowledge of administrative skills is important. This includes things like scheduling, email management, and appointment setting.
Communication skills — Whether it’s emailing clients or writing blog posts for your website, effective communication is essential for a virtual assistant.
Interpersonal skills — Although most communication is done via email and phone calls, you’ll also encounter face-to-face interactions with clients at conferences or other events, so strong interpersonal skills are important.
To become a VA, you’ll need to know how to provide the following services:
Email management — organize inboxes by reading and responding to emails
Calendar management — schedule meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements
Data entry — enter data into Excel spreadsheets or customer relationship management platforms
Research — conduct research related to client businesses
Customer service — communicate with customers on behalf of clients via email and over the phone
Social media management — manage social media accounts on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or other web-based programs. This involves creating or curating content, creating promotions, answering questions and comments
Starting a virtual assistant business is fairly simple. Here are the steps to follow to start your virtual assistant business today.
1. Pick Your Virtual Assistant Business Name
Keep this simple and use your name, most people want a catchy name and title for their virtual assistant business. But If you do the catchy route, make sure that it is easy to pronounce and lookup. You don’t want a name that’s too confusing for people to lookup
2. Choose Your Services & Rates
What are you good at? Are there any specific servicesthat you’d prefer to offer?
There are many services to offer such as:
General Virtual Assistance.
Content Writing & Management.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Digital Marketing.
When you first start, choose what you’re comfortable with. You can always change it later!
The same goes for setting your rates. I’ve seen many VAs start out charging $15-$20 per hour and then later changing to $45-50 per hour! Just remember that as a business owner, you have to cover your overhead, technology, taxes, and more. Make sure you add an extra $5-$10 an hour to help cover other necessities like these if you didn’t factor them into your rates already.
3. Do All Of The Legal Work
Depending on your state, county, and city, you may need a business license to run your virtual assistant business. Be sure to check with all three to see what you need or don’t need. Also, if you do decide to name your business differently from your name, you’ll most likely need to fill out a DBA (doing business as) form as well.
While you’re figuring all of that out, it’s also the perfect time to decide how you want to structure your business. This step may be best decided with the help of a lawyer and CPA because setting up the right business structure will help as far as legalities, taxes, and more.
A business plan doesn’t have to be a long, boring document. Your business plan only needs a few points, including the services you’ll provide, the contract you’ll give potential clients, how you’ll pay for your business, and what you can offer that sets you apart from other VAs.
5. Develop A Marketing Strategy
How will you market your business to get new clients?
Will you use social media as a tool to gain new clients? Do you have a blog and email list? These are questions you need to ask and answer so you can pitch yourself and your services a little easier.
6. Tap In With Your Network
This is the best way to get your first client.
Once you’ve done the above steps, it’s time to reach out to your existing everyone that you know! Even if they don’t fall within your virtual assistant business niche, they may need your help or know someone who does.
7. Start To Advertise Your Virtual Assistant Business
If you don’t find a client from your network, or if you want to branch out, it’s time to advertise your services! Post on social media, write a blog post, create a YouTube video. Do whatever you need to do to gain a new client. Part of doing business is advertising what you have to offer.
Also, don’t forget to create a “Hire Me” page or even a portfolio of work that you’ve done, so people can message you or book a call to hire you.
8. Excellent Customer Service
Once you’ve found your first clients, or even once your business starts growing, it’s important to continue doing good business
Complete your tasks on time, communicate and go above and beyond for your clients. They’ll appreciate that you care about their businesses and companies, and will be more willing to continue working with you and refer you to others.
9. Referrals & Testimonials Keep The Business Going
Along with keeping your clients, Ask for referrals and testimonials! Don’t be afraid of leveraging the work you’ve done for your current clients.
Ask them if they’d be willing to put a testimonial on your site or social media. Record a video of them stating all that you’ve helped with. And ask them to refer you to people in their network if they’re satisfied with the work you do.
10. Automate and Systemize Your Business
As with all businesses, there is great importance for tools and systems
Dubsado as a Customer Relationship Management Tool to track clients as well as automatically send calendar invites, emails, invoices, and contracts over to them
Simple Booklet is an awesome tool to show off your portfolio to clients
Final Thoughts on Becoming A Virtual Assistant
There are so many great reasons why starting a virtual assistant business can be a fantastic entrepreneurial opportunity, but the most important one that is often overlooked is the core reason for starting any business: creating freedom—financial freedom and freedom from an office.
Investing in working with a coach, or taking a course can speed up your business growth and help you grow your revenue faster. I know I could’ve avoided a lot of mistakes as a beginner entrepreneur if I had gotten help when I first started. That’s why I recommend the Ultimate Virtual Assistant Bootcamp course, to help you have the blueprint to start your own Virtual Assistant Business!
