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Conflicts of Interest: What Appraisers Should Disclose
Disclosure is one of the more concrete ways an appraiser’s neutrality gets tested in practice, since a relationship or financial interest that goes unmentioned can undermine confidence in an award even when the underlying number was reached fairly. The...Browse the full Resources Index
Communication Boundaries During an Active Appraisal
Once an umpire has been selected in a property insurance appraisal, the way information reaches that umpire becomes an important procedural detail, not just a matter of courtesy. Most appraisal processes are structured so that communications with the umpire happen...Browse the full Resources Index
Documentation Standards for Professional Appraisers
An appraisal award only carries as much weight as the documentation behind it, which is why careful record-keeping tends to separate experienced appraisers from those newer to the work. Field notes taken during an inspection, ideally recorded on-site rather than...Browse the full Resources Index
Professional Conduct at Joint Inspections
A joint inspection puts an appraiser, an adjuster, sometimes a contractor, and often the property owner on the same roof or in the same basement, looking at the same water stain or the same field of hail impacts. How that hour unfolds says a great deal about the...Browse the full Resources Index
