Insurers dispute independent roofing assessments to minimize storm-damage payouts
A homeowner's storm-damaged roof was assessed by a State Farm adjuster as repairable with a patch, but two independent professional roofers determined a full replacement was required per manufacturer and industry standards. State Farm declined to share the adjuster's report or offer mediation, and the poster ties the dispute to a documented nationwide industry pattern of minimizing roof-damage payouts.
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