Bottom line; we recommend that you hold a license in their state of residence and other limited strategic states, depending on your claims company requirements, your state of residence and your aspirations in the claims industry. If your state of residence does not license adjusters, we recommend obtaining significant, strategic state licenses, such as high-weather activity states (TX, FL, GA) and state with fewer adjusters, such as New York.

If you’re looking for a fully interactive, instructor led Xactimate course but don’t want the expense and inconvenience of travel and lodging, I’d like to strongly encourage you to check out our newly developed LIVE Online Xactimate Training program.

Led by one of our dynamic team of Adjuster/Instructors, this 3 day (4 hours per day) program eliminates the frills and gets straight to the heart of high-impact Xactimate usage as a claims adjuster. Class size is small, typically 5 to 8 students, and is highly interactive and engaging. At the end of 12 hours you WILL have dramatically improved your Estimatics skill – a skill of absolute paramount importance to your success in the field.

Aspiring cat adjusters hailing from states with no licensing requirements have several good options for licensure so they can get in the game. Being from such a state (Kansas) and working through this myself, here’s my recommendation on how to proceed:

In my first deployment as an adjuster handling hurricane claims in southern Florida, it very quickly became apparent what things were essential to success and what things weren’t.

Equipment in general and gadgets in particular, for instance, weren’t particularly vital to my success. I didn’t have the latest and greatest laser tape measure. I only had one, modestly sized fold-up ladder. Unlike some adjusters who towed a second home behind their tricked out dualie pick-up, I drove a decade old Honda Accord coupe.

When I first got into CAT adjusting, I was completely new to the industry. My first storm manager gave me an ominous warning; “Adam, I’ve never fired a CAT adjuster, but I’ve seen many, many new adjusters fire themselves.” It didn’t take me long to figure out what he was talking about. CAT adjusting is fantastic, rewarding, challenging, lucrative work, but it’s not easy money. There are lots of skills to master, and it takes perseverance and character.

You can now take all of our online classes from your Iphone, Blackberry, etc. While not technically an “app”, we’ve modified the classroom so that it is smartphone friendly. All you need to do is to save the classroom screen to your homescreen on your smartphone.

Following up on my previous post on how to obtain and maintain your Florida adjuster license, I’d like to deal more specifically with the question of Florida adjuster CE – requirements, time-frame, and course options. Let’s jump right in…