Property & Casualty adjusters encounter plenty of mundane claims: flooded basements, trees falling in attics, and cars backing into one another at the grocery store. But every adjuster has at least one unusual claims story. You know — the ones that are shared over drinks at a conference or during lunch at an industry event.
The stories are probably embellished a little over the years, but they're memorable because of the situation or the policyholders involved. Here are a half-dozen of them.
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