Md. Storm Creates Insurance Company Backup
By Courtney Pomeroy, The Frederick News-Post, Md. |
Claims ranging from cars damaged by hail to food spoiled by long-term loss of power have kept agents and claims adjusters busy since
"It's not worse than the winter snowstorm we had a couple of years ago, but certainly I would say it's quite a bit higher than our normal claims volume," said
Fortunately, according to Winter, the company's operations center in the county already houses some employees who specialize in catastrophe claims.
"When you have a catastrophe like a hailstorm, a severe windstorm like we had, (insurance companies) sort of have these floating catastrophe teams," said
"It basically has to do with the volume of the claims," Winter said.
Representatives of All State,
"You're probably looking at a 50 to 60 percent increase in claims, to say the least, and that's probably conservative," Foltz said.
More than 5,800 property insurance claims and 1,420 auto claims were filed between the time that the storms hit and Tuesday morning, said
"It's been very busy," Winter said Tuesday afternoon after a workday that included surveying the damage from a 40-foot poplar tree that fell on a house.
She called
The holiday was one reason for the delay, she guessed, but she was also told that an increase in claims was slowing things down.
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