Choose the right starting point
Find the resource that fits your role and your next decision. Learn how the appraisal process generally works, review state information, search professional profiles, or create a directory profile of your own.
Understand the process before choosing your next step
Appraisal is generally used to address disagreements about the amount of a covered loss, not to decide whether a policy provides coverage. Start with your policy, learn the basic process, and check the information for your state. If you decide to look for an appraiser, use the directory as a research starting point.
Review appraisal information by state
Learn the process in plain language
Prepare a demand-letter template
Search professional profiles
Present your experience where people can evaluate it
Create or link a professional profile for the directory. Profiles can show the role, location, specialties, and experience information you list. Directory visitors can use those fields to narrow a search, while you retain responsibility for keeping your information accurate and current.
Create or link a professional profile
Appear in role and specialty searches
Request verification through the platform
Review planned workflow tools
Build a more focused list of professionals to review
Use the directory to search public profiles by role, state, specialty, listed experience, and verification status. A directory result is a starting point, not an endorsement. Confirm licensing or credentials, conflicts, availability, fees, and suitability for the particular matter directly with the professional.
Filter by role, state, and specialty
Compare listed experience information
Narrow by platform verification status
Complete your own conflict and credential review
Use the directory to begin your review, not end it
Profile information helps you form a shortlist. The right fit still depends on the policy, the dispute, the property, and the professional's current status. These five checks make the next conversation more productive.
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Role and scope
Confirm whether you need an appraiser, an umpire, or another type of adviser.
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Relevant experience
Ask about comparable property, loss type, assignment size, and jurisdiction.
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Credentials
Verify licenses, certifications, and current standing with the issuing source when relevant.
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Conflicts and independence
Ask about relationships or prior work that could affect the assignment.
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Terms and availability
Discuss fees, expenses, timing, communication, and deliverables before engagement.
Learn the process, then decide what your situation requires
Our process guide explains the main roles, common steps, and questions to ask before you act. Your policy language and current state rules still control.
Read the process guide