Last Day of Unemployment & Claims Advocacy in the Age of Covid-19

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
03/27/2020 at 23:01 • Filed to: None

I’ve been unemployed since February 11th, laid off due to the tough year my company had in 2019. Seems like I got laid off in a different world, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and I had a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I was hesitant to spend the money doing those things then, but now that all bars/entertainment venues are closed, I have no regrets.

The desk fleet

I’m glad to be going back to work, and very thankful at a time when so many are now themselves being laid off.

Monday is my first day, but due to my bosses recent trip to NYC, I’ll just be sitting at home and getting paid with my first day in the office on Tuesday after my boss’s 14 day quarantine expires.

My new position is in c laims a dvocacy, which is what I did for 5 years before being an adjuster. This time, I will be setting up an advocacy practice in a growing company of 1500 people. I am their first advocate and will be growing the department as the company expands.

I was supposed to fly to Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the coming weeks, but that looks like it will be postponed/cancelled and replaced by Zoom meetings.

These are obviously unprecedented times, and advocacy will be a challenge as insurers/adjusters/restoration firms and the legal system have all been effectively decimated by COVID-19. I look forward to working with my new clients and company to ensure that companies get what they paid for in terms of insurance.

DISCUSSION (25)

shop-teacher > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:05

What does a claims advocate do?

someassemblyrequired > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:09

Congrats on the new job!

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:10

Let me know if and when you make it to Saskatchewan!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > shop-teacher
03/27/2020 at 23:16

Instead of working for an insurer or as an adjuster, I take my skills/knowledge and maximize insurance returns for clients/ensure claims move smoothly and deal with “off coverage positions” taken by insurers.

TLDR: I work for policy holders not the policy issuers

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
03/27/2020 at 23:19

Will do, all the cities in Sask I are places I’ve never heard of....

Yorkton, Foam Lake, Churchbridge, Stoughton, Langenburg , Theodor and Bredenbury

shop-teacher > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:22

That’s what I was thinking, but I’ve never heard the term before.

Anyways, congrats on the new gig!

shop-teacher > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:22

Foam lake sounds ... Lovely.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:23

Foam Lake is an hour from me, Theodor is half an hour east of that, Yorkton is half an hour east of that.

The others I’d have to look up.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > shop-teacher
03/27/2020 at 23:25

Kinja'd!!!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > someassemblyrequired
03/27/2020 at 23:31

thanks!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > shop-teacher
03/27/2020 at 23:31

thanks!

CB > shop-teacher
03/27/2020 at 23:32

It’s not the worst place!

It’s also not the best.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:33

The sign is still there.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
03/27/2020 at 23:38

I toured around on Google earth. I miss small town Canada.

ClassicDatsunDebate > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:45

Congrats! Looking forward to a beer together when this stuff blows over. If you see the roadster bombing around 240, make sure you give me the secret Oppo hand signal.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ClassicDatsunDebate
03/27/2020 at 23:48

Sounds good!

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/27/2020 at 23:59

I shared this with some people I know who have worked/lived in Foam Lake and we’re all laughing pretty hard.

RooseveltDad > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/28/2020 at 00:04

Congratulations on the new job!

Svend > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/28/2020 at 00:22

Nice one mate. Congrats.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/28/2020 at 07:25

There are cities in Saskatchewan?

ST80MND > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/28/2020 at 08:04

It some good news you drop in this time of doom. Weird times to be starting a job, that's for sure. Is that dodge in your desk fleet a Greenline? It looks of some quality, and I am intrigued. What scale is it?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/28/2020 at 10:29

I would much rather be in your shoes than working for an insurance agency, trying to make sure people don’t get their money.

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a claim that seems very much like insurance fraud? That would be my only concern.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
03/28/2020 at 10:30

No, I deal with mainly fortune 500 type firms. They don't do that kind of thing

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/28/2020 at 10:30

That’s good

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ST80MND
03/28/2020 at 11:21

Which one? The white one? I am ashamed to say that it is a dodge ram from a james bond movie I got off Amazon...

Kinja'd!!!