In Disaster’s Wake, Insurance Adjusters Must Move Quickly

Jay Kittrick came to survey the tornado damage Friday, but he wasn’t looking as intently as usual. An independent insurance adjuster who has been dispatched to natural disasters around the country, he came to the township as a civilian. Seeing demolition equipment surrounding the mangled U-Haul and Kurlancheek Furniture buildings on Mundy Street, Kittrick noted any insurance adjusters would have minimal time to make assessments if any. “They get the call out and hopefully the police let them go in. A lot of times, they’ll start the demolition if the building is substantially damaged. They wont even let them in,” the Rice Twp. man said.