Howard Reynolds - Building Consultant - General Adjuster Email & Phone Number

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYHoward Reynolds has been involved in the construction-insurance industry as a Building Consultant / General Contractor / General Adjuster with national coverage and the California region since 1994.Throughout his 30yr + career in the insurance and construction industries, Howard has been involved with a wide variance of assignments, first and third-party property loss assessment, subrogation recovery matters involving high end high net worth residential properties and commercial buildings.He is well versed in routine to complex large loss damage assessment-estimating. Including extensive experience in insurance loss, mitigation, environmental services, dispute resolution, coverage-difficult loss adjustment, appraisal-mediation services involving plaintiff attorney, public adjuster and difficult contractor involvement.Additionally, Howard’s experience includes catastrophic property loss assessment throughout the United States with multiple types of peril including hurricane, tornado, earthquake, earth movement, surface-subsurface water, flood, construction defect and various weather-related loss.His experience level, professional skill sets and customer service complements the dynamic team environment within the insurance and construction industry.Howard’s professional moto, “The difficult can be done immediately - The impossible will take a little longer”

• Property Loss Adjustment - Building Consultant - Advisory

  Claimservices.Net@Gmail.Com - Hrconsulting.Usa@Gmail.Com - Natcat.Claims@Gmail.Com

  Jul 2003 - Present

  • Staff and catastrophe property loss experience - Adjustment and resolution of personal and commercial lines property loss. • National Catastrophe Claims Representative with deployments throughout the USA. Original member of newly implemented Farmers Insurance National Catastrophe Claims operations. Selected by NCC management to address elevated claim issues.• Selected by the Inter-Insurance Exchange of Southern CA claim management to handle year 2002-03 legislative mandated SB1899 revived Northridge earthquake claims. Addressed EQ settlement mediations-appraisals, file review-audits prior loss adjustment.• Regional general property adjuster specializing in residential and commercial property large loss adjustment $8M+. Ability to resolve complex first and third party property liability, institutional, municipality, builders’ risk, forced placed, BI/EE, BPP loss analysis.• Fully versed in investigation, evaluation, negotiations and reporting skills with regards to disposition of routine through large loss assignments.• Solid knowledge and analysis of insurance policy coverages.• Comprehensive loss adjustment of wind hail fire water environmental earthquake earthmovement construction defect theft vandalism special investigations and business coverages.• Analysis and negotiations relative to insurance disputes and technical construction issues.• Strong dispute resolution skills regarding special case files with attorney, experts and public adjuster involvement.• 10 years experience in professional construction industry - CA licensed General Contractor - Construction management - Structural damage assessment.• Proficient in the handling of First and Third Party Personal-Commercial lines Inland Marine property loss. Ability to handle cases of high complexity and loss exposure• Able to control heavy work volume and to make independent decisions regarding investigation, case evaluation and settlement negotiation• State Adj. License. CA AZ TX FL WA

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  California State University-Northridge