The local representative has the support of national advisors and the membership at large who consult by phone, internet and/or by fax (at a fraction of the cost such experts would require for their services on-site), working hand in hand with the local representative. The local affiliate is there to assure close coordination of the investigation and sees to the adjuster's and attorney's interests as it does the evaluations requested.

All member firms have investigative engineers who have received cross training in all fields of engineering damage assessment from cause and origin to structural damage assessment, accident reconstruction, personal injury and products liability. This arrangement saves you both time and money while providing a comprehensive approach to loss investigation and cost containment.

You have the benefit of investigators who do not work exclusively for the insurance industry and are design professionals, thus assuring credibility should litigation requiring their testimony occur.

You have an international network that more than 65 offices and hundreds of engineers, technicians and specialists, experienced in every aspect of investigative engineering, along with countless sub-consultants and testing facilities throughout North America and abroad.