The Adjuster School -
Dedicated To Our Students Success
We bring 30+ years of insurance industry experience to the classroom to help our students achieve their dream
of becoming Insurance Claim Adjusters
We Help Jumpstart Your Career In The Insurance Industry
Experience is everything
Our Founder, Eric Thomas, provides our students with real-world experiences, and shares his 30+ years of expertise and teachings throughout each and every class.
Summary of Qualifications
- 30 years of Property & Casualty Insurance experience.
- Over 26 years of Claims Management experience.
- Xactimate Certified Trainer
- Experience in Claims Management and Catastrophe claims.
- Accomplished Trainer in Property & Casualty claims handling.
- Founder of Eric Thomas, Inc.
Professional Work
- Claim Manager
- Hiring / Recruiting Manager
- Fire / Large Loss Manager
- Mold Attorney Represented Manager
- Subrogation Manager
- Theft Unit Manager
- Manager of Quality Vendor Program
- Auto Bodily Injury Claim Manager
- Agent Advocate
Specific Catastrophe Work
- Hurricane Florence Wilmington, NC
- Hurricane Michael Panama City, FL
- Hurricane Harvey Houston, TX
- Hurricane Sandy Eastern Seaboard
- Tornado Joplin, MO
- Tornado Tuscaloosa, AL
- Hailstorm Phoenix, AZ
- Hailstorm Aurora, CO
- Hurricane Ike Houston, TX
- Hurricane Gustav Houma, LA
- Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, LA
- Tropical Storm Allison Houston, TX
- And many more!
Specializations
- Texas All-Lines Pre-Licensing course instructor
- Xactimate Certified Trainer
- Training the Trainer” course instructor
- Customer Satisfaction and Retention course instructor
- N.F.I.P. Flood Certified
- Hiring / Recruiting
- Appraisal
- Mediation
- Xactimate
- Integriclaim
About Our Founder, Eric Thomas
The Adjuster School was founded by Claim Professional Eric Thomas. Mr. Thomas began his career in the Insurance industry on February 22, 1993 as a Fire Claim Adjuster with State Farm Insurance Company in Houston, Texas. As an entry level adjuster, he gained experience handling theft claims, water damage claims, wind/hail claims, vandalism claims and other property damage claims. During his first two years of adjusting, he was also able to gain experience working catastrophe claims. His experience includes working Hurricane Andrew, Northridge Earthquake, Wind/Hail catastrophes in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Arkansas.
In 1995, Mr. Thomas joined the State Farm Catastrophe Team. While on the Catastrophe Team, he was able to obtain a large amount of Catastrophe Adjusting Experience. He worked Hurricane Opal in Florida, numerous Flood claims in Texas, Ice/Snow claims in Frederick, Maryland, Hail and Tornado claims in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. While in Frederick, Maryland, he was on the Catastrophe Team that was the first ever to work in a Call Center environment.
In 1997, Mr. Thomas accepted a position with Allstate Insurance Company. After 6 months as an Adjuster, he was promoted to Claim Manager. Mr. Thomas held several management positions with Allstate in segments such as Fire/Large Loss Manager, Subrogation Manager, Quality Vendor Manager, Inside Adjuster Manager, and Auto Unrep/Bodily Injury Claim Manager. During his career at Allstate, Mr. Thomas was a member of a high level Home Office Team known as Claim Core Process Redesign (CCPR). On the CCPR Team, he was instrumental in designing and implementing training processes to claim offices all across the United States.
In 2005, Mr. Thomas became an Independent Adjuster handling Catastrophe claims throughout the entire United States. It was at this time he also sharing his knowledge and expertise with new Claim Adjusters and started The Adjuster School and the Independent Insurance Adjuster Firm, Eric Thomas, Inc.
Mr. Thomas is also an Xactimate Certified Trainer! This highly recognized designation ensures that you are being trained by a highly skilled and trained professional that can help you obtain your Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Certification.
