Skipton & Associates, Inc. is licensed in multiple states to adjust insurance claims.
We are currently licensed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois,
Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah with other licenses pending. |
Choosing the right claims expert is the most critical decision to achieving a full recovery for your loss. While public adjusters are licensed in most states, their claims handling qualifications can vary substantially.
Skipton & Associates, Inc. is not just a Public Adjuster, we are a highly trained Professional Claims Management Company. Our team has extensive experience in handling the complex multi-million dollar loss for commercial, manufacturing, and multi-family housing claims.
Skipton & Associates, Inc. is uniquely qualified to represent your interests with competence and professionalism, as our team has years of actual construction experience, college degrees and extensive credentials in insurance claim handling through industry certified training programs. Moreover, our team stays current on the constantly changing laws and insurance policies through regular attendance at continuing education training seminars and through subscriptions to professional publications.
Further, at Skipton & Associates, Inc. we understand that each claim deserves our full attention, which is why we are very selective in contracting our claim services. Rather than achieve mediocre results on many claims, we prefer extraordinary results on a select few.
Most importantly, Skipton & Associates, Inc. achieves fast claim settlements by their professional demeanor in representing your interests. Dealing with the insurance company does not have to be a contentious affair. Our experience confirms that communicating in a courteous and professional manner will generally achieve the desired result of a fast and fair claim recovery.
There is a difference between claims experts. Professionalism counts at Skipton & Associates, Inc.
Our Staff...
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David Skipton, BSBA, PCLS
President/Executive Adjuster
Mr. David Skipton holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing/Accountancy; over the last two decades he has handled dozens of multi-million dollar insurance claims and over the previous decade was in the restaurant design/construction industry where he was involved in the construction of more than 150 restaurants and food service facilities. David's hands-on construction experience is a significant benefit in investigating and estimating structural damages.
David has completed numerous insurance industry education courses and is one the very few insurance adjusters to achieve the prestigious Property Claims Law Specialist designation, which is an intensive group of insurance law courses designed to educate the student in understanding and applying court room decisions to everyday insurance coverage situations.
David's formal education in accounting and extensive forensic accounting experience
has proven to be a significant benefit in the favorable resolution of loss of business income claims.
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Justin Skipton, BS
Executive Vice President/Adjuster
Mr. Justin Skipton holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University and has completed numerous insurance industry education courses. Justin continues to take claim adjusting courses to supplement the strong skills he has already developed and works closely with his father/mentor, David, to hone his adjusting skills.
Justin has been working with his father for more than a decade, learning the insurance claim adjusting business and has developed superior skills in the processing and adjusting of claims. Justin brings enthusiasm and a strong work ethic to fulfill our customer’s needs and to exceed their expectations. |
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Douglas Berg, BS, MS, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Doug Berg holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Arizona State University and a Master's Degree from University of Tulsa.
Doug is a Certified Public Accountant with several years experience working for one of the nation’s top 10 accounting firms. Doug manages all the corporations' administrative and accounting operations and assists our customer in preparation and analysis of loss of business income claims and with other intensive forensic accounting matters. Doug’s skill in understanding the business of financial accounting has proven to be a significant asset to our clients and have resulted in substantially larger claim recoveries.
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Matt Martinez, BA
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Matt holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management & Marketing from the University of Minnesota. Before coming to Skipton & Associates, Inc. Matt spent over 15 years working with commercial and residential clients in the mortgage banking industry and has developed superior customer service skills.
Matt’s ability to relate to the client’s numerous concerns following a major property loss is a significant asset to both the customer and our firm. Matt’s proven leadership skills in marketing management and customer care is why we have placed Matt in charge of our marketing and business development operations at Skipton & Associates, Inc. |
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Brian Molineaux, SPPA
Executive General Adjuster
Brian has more than 30 years experience in the claim adjusting business with the first 12 years being for insurance companies. Brian has handled millions of dollars in claims, some totaling more than $250 million dollars. He has extensive worldwide claims experience as he has adjusted losses in England, France, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Panama, Guam and the Philippines.
Mr. Molineaux holds a Senior Professional Public Adjuster (SPPA) designations which are awarded to public insurance adjusters who have met specific experience and educational requirements, completed a qualifying examination prescribed by a Board of Examiners, and subscribe to a code of ethics for business and professional conduct. The program is sponsored by the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA).There are less than 110 SPPA's nationwide. |
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Chris Winey, INS, AIC, SCLA
Executive General Adjuster
Chris started his career working for insurance company side of claims. He has a very extensive background in insurance claims handling and he holds several insurance industry designations. These industry designations require a great deal of time in educating the claims professional on the business of claims adjusting. Chris is currently to working toward even higher goals in his insurance education. |
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Tim Brunson
Construction Consultant/Licensed Adjuster
Tim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Mobile, AL. He has 17 years experience in the construction field and including 8 years as a roofing contractor.
His assists your adjusting teams preparing detailed itemized loss evaluations as well as adjusting claims. Tim is certified by Xactware in estimating structure damages. |
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John Lytle, BA
Vice President of Business Development/Licensed Adjuster
John holds a Bachelors degree from Ball State University. Before joining Skipton & Associates, Inc., John owned a franchise consulting firm where he represented over 250 major concepts and sold numerous franchises to entrepreneurs throughout the nation. John also spent several years as an Investment Advisor for The Vanguard Group and Charles Schwab.
John’s ability to analyze problems and recommend solutions that best suit his client’s needs is his strongest asset. We have placed John in charge of establishing long-term customer relationships with corporate level executives throughout Skipton & Associates, Inc.’s multi-state territory.
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Robert Rice
Account Executive
Robert has a strong background in sales and marketing. He prides himself in providing superior customer service to our clients. |
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Tony Alaniz - Dallas Office
Account Executive/Licensed Adjuster |
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Jeremy Settles - Dallas Office
Account Executive |
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Kylie West
Administrative Assistant
Kylie came to our firm with a very strong background in office administration. Kylie assists our staff in providing exceptional service to our clients. Her bright and positive personality make her a real pleasure for everyone to work with and her attention to detail helps us to ensue the very best possible customer service.
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Natasha Finan
Administrative Assistant
Natasha assists our team with the office administrative functions and she helps our adjusting team on the personal property inventory valuation research. She continues to work on her undergraduate degree at Grand Canyon University. |
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Matthew Martinez, Jr.
Administrative Assistant
Mathew assists our marketing staff and our administrative staff in serving our clients. |
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