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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#592: PRO TALK With Insurance Adjuster Josh Zoller

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Construction, Keepcraftalive, Home & Garden, How To, Drywall, Craftsmanship, Education, Homebuilding, Houses

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Ian and Josh talk about managing risk in the built environment and how Josh’s vocation as an insurance adjuster has influenced the design of the home he is building for his family.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The last few years, it doesn't seem like policy limits have increased with the price of building.

0:12.2

So I've had a lot of houses that were insured for X and that would have worked great in 2019.

0:19.5

But now in 2022, the cost to build your house is nowhere close to what it was four years ago.

0:28.9

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, a regular discussion with building industry professionals.

0:35.8

This is Fine Home Building Contributing Editor and Production Manager at TDS Custom Construction, Ian Schwant.

0:42.9

Today I'm joined by Insurance Industry Professional, Josh Zoller, of the UP Adjustings in Hastings, Michigan.

0:52.6

You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast

0:55.4

and the original Fine Home Building podcast

0:58.0

at findhomebuilding.com slash podcast.

1:02.4

You can leave feedback and ask questions there too.

1:05.7

So thanks for joining me today, Josh.

1:07.8

No problem. How's it going today?

1:10.1

Good.

1:10.4

So you came to us via asking a question to the

1:15.9

regular podcast about your house that you're building that we'll get to in the latter half of our

1:23.1

talk, but you are proof that we have listeners out there who communicate with us that we

1:28.9

communicate back to.

1:31.0

Yeah, I was surprised by the expediency that you guys replied to my question because you had

1:38.4

to ask for questions.

1:39.5

I was like, well, I'm building the house, and I should probably ask them some questions.

1:43.9

Yeah. It proves that we're out there

1:46.7

receiving and sending emails. Yeah. So tell us about your background and how you got to work in

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