About Property Damage Loss Assessors
What Property Damage Loss Assessors do
James Armitage BSc MRICS MSCSI CIP
James Armitage is the principal of James Armitage & Associates Ltd t/a Property Damage Loss Assessors. James is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with extensive knowledge of building and construction costs, providing clients with the benefit of more than 20 years industry experience and insight.
The following are some of James’s further credentials:
Member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors and registered Quantity Surveyor (MSCSI)
Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
Member of the Insurance Institute of Ireland (CIP) Certified Insurance Practitioner
Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb)
Member of the Chartered Institute of Loss Assessors
Registered Public Loss Assessor Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland – Reg No C432996
A loss assessor is a specialist who understands every procedure involved in negotiating insurance claims and will act for you – the policy holder. A loss assessor will look after all the necessary and often complicated claims paperwork, ensuring that you receive your full entitlement. A loss assessor will use their knowledge to negotiate their claim, taking the stress and hassle away from you during this stressful time.
Because your insurers will (or already have) instructed a Loss Adjuster to act on their behalf. Loss Adjusters may tell you that they are impartial or independent; however, they are employed by your Insurance Company to act in their best financial interest. NOT Yours.
Ideally at the commencement of your claim which is precisely the time when your insurers will instruct a Loss Adjuster to act on their behalf, NOT yours.
We handle claims on a no win no fee basis. There is no charge for the initial survey and inspection. In the unlikely event that no claim arises then no fee will be charged. Our standard fee is 10% plus VAT of the value of settlement. Our fees are completely performance based ensuring we always work our hardest for you.
The difference we make in what you receive more than offsets the cost of our fees.
Payment to us is due upon receipt of initial monies received from the insurance company.
There is no minimum claim however any claim representing a value under €1,000 & it simply would not be worth the policy holders while engaging our services & paying us a fee.
There is no specific time-frame. The majority of claims are settled within 6-8 weeks, but the more complicated claims can take longer. We do not require payment until you receive your initial settlement payment. This means we have a strong incentive to achieve the best claim settlement in the shortest possible time.
It is never too late to involve Property Damage Loss Assessors. However, it is best to allow us to represent you from the beginning because what you say or do at this stage may have serious implications for the ultimate outcome. We prefer to handle the full claim process from the beginning which is when we can be most effective.
We act for claims all over Ireland.
We have had clients that for one reason or another did not have insurance. However, if we can demonstrate that the third party has been negligent, then we can pursue a claim on your behalf.
01 6855675 | 057 86 37500 | 087 2061411
DUBLIN
Unit 8 Fashion City, Ballymount, Dublin 24.
D24 EW2P
LAOIS
Unit 4, Vision 85, Zone 3, Clonminam Business Park, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 F785
Call our 24/7 helpline on 087 206 1411 for a free no obligation consultation.
James Armitage & Associates Limited t/a Property Damage Loss Assessors is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland Registration No. C432996.
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