Industry data for the public adjuster desk.
Carrier cycle times, settlement benchmarks by peril, compensation data, and claim-volume forecasts. These are the numbers a public adjuster needs when a carrier says a file is "on track" and the calendar says otherwise.
Every statistic on this page cites its source, and the sources are listed at the end of each post. If a number could not be sourced, it was left out.
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Cycle Time After CAT Events: How Long Carriers Really Take After a Named Storm
Closure rate isn't cycle time. What the public catastrophe data hides about how long carriers take to actually pay after a hurricane — and the statutory clocks that give adjusters leverage.
8 min read
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Average Settlement Time by Peril: Hail, Wind, Water, and Fire — A 2026 Benchmark
There is no clean average-days-to-settle figure by peril. What there is: a predictable map of where hail, wind, water, and fire each hide their delay — and a statutory clock that runs the same for all of them.
7 min read
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Hail Claim Density Map 2026: A Public Adjuster's State-by-State Volume Forecast
Where 2026's hail claim volume is concentrating, read off State Farm's $5.6B payout map, and what the state-by-state movement means for a public adjusting firm's calendar.
7 min read