If you are in roofing or insurance restoration, having a high-level understanding of the claim process is more important than ever. Most roofers equate supplementing as the best practices to get insurance companies to pay for more items on claims. While that is part of it,...
In 2019 we helped roofing contractors across the U.S. with 5,000 insurance claim supplements. That means we processed almost 500 individual claim supplements per month! We are super proud of our entire team for this major accomplishment. As the nation’s leading claim supplement company, you can...
If you’re an insurance restoration contractor, you’ve probably heard of Xactimate or Symbility. These advanced billing systems assign a dollar value to every task you perform as a roofing contractor. These programs are EXTREMELY complicated to use and can take years to master. What's worse is...
“It’s critical that clients in the contracting space that are working with Balance or any other outsourced third-party administrators have an in-house team,” Troy Clymer, Balance CEO If you are like most roofing companies, you’re used to running a lean team. It’s just you, your...
What would you say is the most critical factor for getting a valid insurance claim paid quickly? Is it the type of damage? Does it depend solely on the insurance carrier? Or maybe the experience of the claim adjuster? While those things can play a...
2019 is shaping up to be another year of sweeping regulations and laws impacting the roofing industry. The most recent being HB2102 & 2013 and HB7065 (AOB reform) in FL. If there's one thing all roofing contractors can agree on it's this: it's becoming harder...
We exist to help roofing and restoration contractors write accurate Xactimate estimates and save time to prevent costly errors when dealing with insurance files. Contractors that work with us can expect fast, compliant, and accurate Xactimate estimates and supplement services, but more than that, we provide a...
If you work at a roofing or other contracting company, we’re going to assume that reviewing insurance claim estimates, dealing with adjusters and chasing paperwork is not the best part of your job. In fact, we’ve talked to hundreds of contractors across the US who’ve...
Balance uses XACTIMATE®, along with a variety of industry leading property measurement data providers to deliver fair, comprehensive, and market specific estimates and supplements for any job. But what does that really mean for your roofing company? It means we not only get what is fair...
One common problem that has been arising is when overhead and profit should be paid in response to a property insurance claim. For those not aware, overhead and profit (generally estimated at 20% of the total amount of the estimate) is intended to cover the...