adjuster

noun ad·just·er \ ə-ˈjəs-tər \

variants: or less commonly adjustor

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Definition of adjuster

: one that adjusts; especially : an insurance agent who investigates personal or property damage and makes estimates for effecting settlements

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The rest pays for services from claims adjusters, brokers, software companies and other intermediaries—many of which make better profits than insurers do.

— paul j. davies, WSJ, "Startups Show Car and Home Insurers They Need to Get Smarter," 14 May 2018
An adjuster took photos that showed a clean vehicle without blood spots.

— david owens, courant.com, "Robert Graham Jury Views Images Of Van Where State Believes Killing Occurred," 12 Jan. 2018
Attorneys for some of the defendants accuse the company of using the suits to bully their clients into accepting subpar repairs — and punish them for securing help from lawyers and independent public adjusters.

— ron hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Why does People's Trust Insurance keep suing its own policyholders?," 27 Apr. 2018
The performance package for $2,050 includes Recaro seats with an eight-way adjuster for the driver.

— robert duffer, chicagotribune.com, "2018 Subaru WRX is too loud and I'm too old," 11 July 2017
Image Our own backyard was in even sorrier upheaval, untouched since Maria as my sister waited for the verdict of an insurance adjuster.

— New York Times, "In Puerto Rico, Waiting for Power, for Tourists, for the Flowers," 7 May 2018
Dalton, an insurance adjuster who moonlighted as an Uber driver, continued to pick up fares in between randomly shooting people with a 9mm handgun, police said.

— ann zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, "Should accused Kalamazoo shooter Jason Dalton's confession be admitted? Court to rule," 22 Mar. 2018
Gunther is hired as a claims adjuster in Athens to investigate the sinking of a ship, and becomes embroiled in a set of murders tied to the theft of valuables from Salonika Jews sent to to Auschwitz.

— lloyd sachs, chicagotribune.com, "Crime fiction reviews: Latest from Philip Kerr, Jo Nesbo and Michael Kardos," 17 Apr. 2018
Although insurance adjusters have disbursed more than $520 million to Virgin Islanders so far, many residents say their properties were severely underinsured.

— tim craig, Washington Post, "Shredded roofs, shattered lives," 6 Feb. 2018

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adjust + ²-er

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