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adjuster

An adjuster is a person who investigates an insurance claim and decides how much the insurer should pay.

In plain English

This is the person who looks into what happened and reviews the details of a claim. Their role is to assess the claim and determine the amount the insurer should pay.

In context

Here, "adjuster" names the person handling the claim investigation and deciding the amount the insurer should pay.

Situation
Submitting claims, evidence, estimates, and following claim status
What it communicates
names the claim-handling role mentioned in updates and document requests

Meaning limits

The term itself does not show whether the claim will be paid or what amount will be decided.

Examples

“After the kitchen fire, the adjuster inspected the damage and set the payment at three thousand dollars.”

Core meaning

“Please send the photographs to the adjuster handling the storm claim.”

In context