Get every dollar your contents claim is worth

Furniture and belongings are routinely undervalued after fire, water, or smoke damage. Free review with a licensed Utah public adjuster.

LOSS SCENARIOS

Check your contents claim before you accept it

When your home survives a disaster but your belongings don't, the settlement should cover what you actually lost. Not what the insurer decides to overlook.

Insurance policy documents with calculator, highlighting depreciation deductions

Claims cut by depreciation

If your policy includes replacement cost coverage, that's what you should get.

Public adjuster reviewing an inventory list on a clipboard in a damaged room

Overlooked initial inventory

The insurer often misses items in their first walkthrough, so those items get no payout.

Smoke-damaged furniture and a framed photo covered in soot

Contents lost to smoke damage

Smoke gets into clothes, upholstery, and electronics, even when flames never reach them.

Flooded living room with furniture and belongings in standing water

Flood-damaged belongings

Flood water ruins almost everything it touches; a full inventory is essential to a fair claim.

Warped dresser and damaged personal belongings after a pipe burst

Burst pipe water damage

Quick water damage can warp furniture and ruin bedding, clothing, and personal items.

Homeowner writing a detailed list of personal belongings for an insurance claim

Items missed in the claim

Without a detailed room-by-room inventory, the insurer may overlook high-value items.

WARNING SIGNS

A contents inventory that misses items

Most underpaid contents claims show the same patterns. Check your settlement against these signs before you accept it.

Missing inventory items

Compare the adjuster's list against every room you lost. Omitted furniture and belongings are the most common shortfall.

Outdated valuations

If your settlement uses what you paid years ago, not today's replacement cost, the number is likely too low.

No documentation requests

A proper contents claim requires receipts, photos, and serial numbers for high-value possessions. When those aren't requested, items get overlooked.

Depreciation applied too broadly

Replacement cost coverage shouldn't leave you paying the gap. Depreciation belongs on some items, not everything you owned.

Settlement matches nothing

A round number that doesn't trace back to a documented inventory usually means a quick payoff, not a fair one.

Why claims settle low

Your contents claim was never fully itemized

Insurers often settle contents quickly using generic checklists, not a room-by-room review. After fire or water damage, belongings get overlooked in the rush to handle the bigger structural claim. A licensed public adjuster in Utah can itemize what you lost and push for the full payout your policy allows.

FAQ

Receipts? ACV vs. replacement cost?

Straight answers to the valuation questions that stop claims before they start.

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