Technical Loss Adjustment and Appraisal Joins Crawford & Company

Claims management provider Crawford & Company has acquired certain assets of Technical Loss Adjustment and Appraisal LLC (TLAA) of Chicago. The firm’s five experienced adjusters have joined Crawford’s Global Technical Services organization, Crawford announced.

TLAA, established in May 2005, includes executive general adjusters who handle complex commercial claims, including international, multi-million-dollar losses. The group’s adjusters have extensive expertise in a number of industry claim sectors, including power and energy, engineering, building and construction, appraisal consulting, time element and other exposures. Their experience complements existing GTS expertise in high-value, catastrophic claims in a wide range of industries.

Crawford GTS has grown to include about 500 adjusters, with more than 150 in the United States alone. GTS serves reinsurers, the corporate market, major loss/catastrophe divisions of composite insurers such as the London market and Lloyd’s syndicates, as well as captives, risk managers and their brokers. The GTS combination of experienced and qualified professionals, infrastructure and leadership enables Crawford to strategically manage losses anywhere around the globe.

TLAA will relocate to Crawford’s GTS office at 1900 E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, Ill., effective Nov. 2.

Source: Crawford & Company, www.crawfordandcompany.com