Business owners have faced a myriad of challenges in recent years in planning for catastrophes, natural disasters and extreme weather events, and the spotlight has been thrust on the importance of remediation, repair and recovery during the aftermath of such calamities.

The value of qualified claims professionals with technical talents and loss adjusting skills became particularly pronounced in 2017, when two major hurricanes made landfall within weeks of each other in Texas and Florida. Hurricane Maria landed a catastrophic blow to Puerto Rico shortly thereafter. In fact, the 2017 hurricane season went on to become one of the worst on record with insured losses from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria estimated at $92 billion.