adjuster
20
6.2
- noun
- /əˈdʒʌstər/
- Specialized
:
ajustador de siniestros
- To date, AAA has not sent a claims adjuster to my home to look at the damage.
- an insurance adjuster
- a claims adjuster
Some of your first questions, I would say to that person, OK, you're an insurance adjuster, you're working with people and clients and all the time.
- Some of your first questions, I would say to that person, OK, you're an insurance adjuster, you're working with people and clients and all the time.
- I, I, my, my father had a bowling buddy who, who was a claims adjuster for Aetna life insurance.
Examples
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Well, call the insurance adjuster, he'll tell you!
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We don't need some claims adjuster sniffing around our business.
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The insurance company is sending out another adjuster.
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A couple of weeks later, Martin got a phone call from an insurance adjuster handling his workers' compensation claim.
Academic text (2011) -
Mr. Siskind is an insurance claims adjuster.
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Ned was an insurance claims adjuster, and Peter figured he would give him a call when he returned home.
Fiction book (2001) -
Your attention should be centered on consulting with a claims adjuster in order to arrive at a settlement agreement.
Blog text (5) -
The insurance adjuster recommended that we sue Dupree.
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An insurance adjuster told him the $7,300 helicopter ride was "not medically necessary."
Academic text (2011) -
The couple knew to limit their cleanup work until an insurance claims adjuster could review the damage.
Synonyms
3
5.0
A person who checks insurance claims and suggests how much to pay
1
5.8
A person who checks insurance claims and suggests a fair payment
1
6.5
A person who checks damage and suggests how much an insurance company should pay
1
4.8
A person who looks at insurance claims and helps arrange payments
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word adjuster comes from ad- 'to' and just 'right', the same root as just and justice. So an insurance adjuster is someone who looks at a claim and helps 'make things right' by choosing a fair amount to pay.