Containing a Conflagration
Posted:
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Category:
Insurance Training
Irene’s storm winds may have missed Texas, but the vientos calientes (hot winds) of a year-long drought have been hitting their mark since August 31—igniting over 180 wildfires this first week across the state and sparking one of the most catastrophic wildfire outbreaks in the history of the Lone Star State. As of this writing, over 1,000 homes have been razed to the ground, four people have lost their lives, and Texas’s firefighting units have been stretched to their limits.
As whole neighborhoods go up in flames one house at a time, about 1,200 firefighters, many from out of state, desperately try to gain some measure of control over the deadly, seemingly relentless wildfires. Five heavy tanker planes have been deployed to help corral the conflagration, three of the aircraft are built to scoop and later jettison 1,500 gallons of lake water in one pass.
Such a disaster is again spurring interest in getting insurance in as a key component of anyone’s disaster recovery plan. Expectedly, it’s also highlighting the across-the-board need for insurance adjusters, insurance professionals who vet claims by conducting interviews, research, and inspection.
An insurance adjuster needs a license to practice and so must go through insurance licensing classes, usually supplied by schools like LearnInsurance.com, a leading provider of online coursework in all facets of the insurance industry. Courses offered include the Insurance Claims Adjuster Training and the All Lines Insurance Claims Adjuster License Training, the latter a master license entitling the insurance adjuster to sell claims in multiple lines of insurance, not the least property and casualty insurance, in 30 states.
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