What am I doing today? Well, how does an instant trip to Los Angeles sound to you?
Had an electrical theft vandalism claim that came across my desk yesterday morning that needed a little extra attention and after discussions between myself and my manager we decided the best thing would be for me to fly out to LA for a few days and do a complex inspection of the damaged location.
The in office part of my job includes pricing the repairs and replacements required to return the insured to “pre-loss condition” after a loss event. In many instances we use a great bunch of 1099 contractors (electricians) that do the inspections for us. Occasionally there are many unanswered questions or I look at the inspection and have a gut instinct that something is missing that is preventing me from accurately pricing the repairs and replacements. When that happens we usually send a senior tech or one of our Technical Field Managers to gather missing information. In this case I was the most available, and I can write much of the report before I leave the site. Given it is the end of the month it made the most sense for me to travel out and complete this inspection.
The downside of that is that while I am traveling and doing some field work, the office side does not stop. I have some fantastic co-workers that do try and take some of the load off of me, but the heavy pricing side of things is my evening activity.
I will be out in Los Angeles for the next few days and be flying back to Denver, CO on Sunday.
BTW: Why is it about 70 degrees warmer in LA than in Denver? As one of my colleagues said, “Welcome to Southern California”
Trying to decide what my evening workout is going to be. I guess I am going to attempt a walk on the treadmill — or not.
