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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER


 Dear MCA Members,
 
Thank you to all who attended our meeting last month. It was great to see those who were able to participate and some new faces as well. A big THANKS to our door prize Sponsors!
 
Our thoughts and prayers to those affected by Hurricane Ian. Safe travels to all of you deploying to Florida. Please contact us if you have information to share with our network.
 
Please know we will cancel our October meeting due to Hurricane Ian. We will resume our monthly meeting on November 8th. Please stay tuned for more details.
 
Our next meeting details: 

When: Tuesday, November, 8 2022
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Judy’s Place, 3977 Government Blvd, Mobile, AL 36693
Guest Speaker:  Greg Pyne with Verisk, Xactware
Please RSPV for Seating
Virtual Session: We will be utilizing Microsoft Teams

 

Please make plans to attend and bring a guest with you.  The social networking hour will begin at 6:00 pm and dinner will start at 7:00 p.m. Cost for the dinner is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Cash bar will be available. 
Cash or Check only - we do not accept Credit Cards


Guest Speaker: Greg Pyne with Verisk, Xactware
Greg Pyne is vice president of pricing solutions for Verisk. Greg oversees the departments responsible for the maintenance and publication of pricing information for more than 460 markets across North America for structural repair, structural cleaning, mitigation, contents cleaning, and preservation and maintenance. Greg has worked with the price list research and publication team since 1995.

Find out more about the process used by Verisk to publish pricing information, as well as what recent construction pricing trends we have seen and what their impact has been on Verisk’s published pricing.

Connect with Greg on LinkedIn
 

Save the Date!
Our Spring Golf Tournament will be on Thursday March 30, 2023. Please stay tuned for more details.


We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, November, 8th.
Mobile Claims Association 2022-2023
 

September Meeting Minutes
By Darrenda Plainer

The MCA meeting held their meeting on September 14, 2022 at Judy’s Place, in Mobile, AL., with a total of 28 in attendance and a total of 3 in virtual online attendance. Our guest speaker for our first MCA meeting of the 2022-2023 MCA year was our MCA President, Geoffrey Conrad, Director of Training with Crawford and Company. Geoffrey provided a self-introduction, and introduced the MCA board members. Geoffrey gave great insight of continued growth with MCA and presented an outstanding power point of our MCA purpose and mission, goals, values, and by-laws. He stressed the importance of changing the mindset in the claims industry and working together. His topic for the evening was “Quality is a choice. Choose to make it Better” reiterating on those great words of Ron Kaufman. Geoffrey further discussed adjusters’ ethics, the importance of learning from your claims experience, and being a great advocate for adjusters, getting your customers to a pre-loss condition. Other great and informative topics of discussion from our MCA President how the Mobile Claims Association can assist the adjusters in training and CE credits for the adjusters,
 
Since Geoffrey’s first month in office as MCA President, a little over a month ago, Geoffrey has implemented numerous upcoming events for the association: Golf Tournament - Thursday March 30, 2023. [SIC]
 

Take a look at our meeting pictures on facebook

 
Welcome aboard new MCA members!

  • Van & Flo Fayard with V & F Adjusting/Consulting
  • Ashton Rogers, Adjuster
  • Robert Hulbert with Hulbert Services, LLC

Special THANKS to our door prize Sponsors!
Every month we have great door prizes. We hope to see everyone again next month and bring a guest or guests with you so they too will be entered in the door prize drawings.  
  • Geoffrey Conrad, Crawford & Company
    • Xactimate’ latest and newest version handbook
    • $25 Lowes Gift Card
    • $25 Home Depot Gift Card 
    • $25 Olive Garden Gift Card
  • Ellen Jay Bakery
    • Delicious variety of cookies
  • David Coggin, Coggin Adjusting Services, LLC
    • $20 Starbucks Gift Card
    • $20 Starbucks Gift Card

Meeting Sponsorship Opportunities
Promote your company, fundraising ideas and events. If you have any interested training topics, please click here to email us the details.  

2022-2023 MCA Meetings Schedule
Please stay tuned for updates on locations and full schedule for the upcoming year.
  

Membership Renewal
Our new members and current membership drive is still in force!

Membership fees are due on September 1st. and cost is $50.00 per person (Cash or Check only - we do not accept Credit Cards). If you have not submitted your membership renewal, please click here to download the membership form, fill it out and bring it with you, or if you prefer, we will have our membership tables set up at each monthly meeting where you can also complete these forms and pay your membership fee. 

Make checks payable to: Mobile Claims Association
Mail checks with application to: MCA
P.O. Box 161357
Mobile, AL 36616
 
Update your profile here
 
We appreciate your continued support of the Mobile Claims Association!

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2021-2022 Officers
President: Geoffrey Conrad  ~ Vice-President: Fred Walch
Secretary: Darrenda Plainer ~ Treasurer: Teri Carroll
Sergeant-At-Arms: Amy Todd ~ Attorney: David Hamby