Review Guidelines
Effective Date: December 2025
These Review Guidelines ("Guidelines") explain how reviews, comments, ratings, and other user-submitted content ("User Content") are handled on RateMyAdjusters.com ("RateMyAdjusters," "we," "our," or "us"). By submitting a review or interacting with the Site, you agree to these Guidelines, our Terms of Service, and our Privacy Policy.
RateMyAdjusters LLC reserves the right to update these Guidelines at any time.
1. Purpose of the Platform
RateMyAdjusters exists to collect and display subjective user experiences related to insurance adjusters.
The platform:
- Publishes user opinions, not verified facts
- Displays public licensing information and user-submitted corrections
- Does not verify or endorse any adjuster or review
- Does not provide legal, insurance, or financial advice
Reviews help other homeowners, contractors, and policyholders understand typical claim experiences.
They are not authoritative reports, professional evaluations, or factual investigations.
2. What You May Submit
You may submit:
- Personal experiences related to a property insurance claim
- Opinions about communication, professionalism, timeliness, accuracy, or process
- Commentary on inspection behavior, estimate practices, or claim handling
- Information helpful to future claimants
Reviews must be:
- Truthful to your personal experience
- Respectful and civil
- Accurate to the best of your knowledge
- Based on your own interaction with the adjuster
3. What You May NOT Submit
You may not submit content that includes:
3.1 Unlawful or Restricted Content
- False statements presented as fact
- Defamation, harassment, or targeted personal attacks
- Hate speech or discriminatory language
- Threats or abusive behavior
3.2 Prohibited Personal Information
Do NOT post:
- Adjuster phone numbers
- Personal emails
- Home addresses
- Private workplace details
- Family or personal background
3.3 Misuse of the Platform
- Fake reviews
- Paid or incentivized reviews
- Reviews written by competitors or coworkers pretending to be customers
- Posting the same review multiple times
- Manipulating the rating system
4. Responsibility for Reviews
You—and only you—are responsible for the content you submit.
By posting a review, you represent that:
- It reflects your genuine, subjective opinion
- You have the right to post it
- It does not violate any laws
- It is not fabricated, staged, or misleading
RateMyAdjusters LLC does not endorse, verify, or guarantee the accuracy of any User Content.
5. No Duty to Monitor, Investigate, or Fact-Check
Critical Protection
RateMyAdjusters:
- Has no obligation to monitor User Content
- Does not investigate disputes between users and adjusters
- Does not fact-check reviews
- Does not determine which party is "right" or "wrong"
We may choose to review content voluntarily, but we assume no responsibility for doing so.
6. Moderation Standards
We may remove or restrict content that:
- Violates these Guidelines
- Contains prohibited personal information
- Appears to be spam or fraudulent
- Attacks or impersonates other users
- Contains explicit threats, abusive behavior, or discriminatory language
We may also:
- Edit reviews only for formatting, readability, spelling, or removal of private information
- Retain removed content internally for fraud detection, abuse prevention, or legal compliance
We do not alter the meaning of the reviewer's opinion.
7. Non-Removal Policy
Strong Shield
RateMyAdjusters does not remove content simply because:
- An adjuster disagrees
- A company dislikes the review
- Someone claims the review is "unfair"
- Someone threatens legal action
- Someone requests removal for reputational reasons
We only remove content if it violates Guidelines or legal requirements.
There is no contractual or legal right to demand removal of:
- Reviews
- Ratings
- Opinions
- Public license information
8. Public License Data & Profile Information
Adjuster profiles may include:
- Public licensing information
- User-submitted corrections
- User-submitted missing profiles
- Data sourced from forums, discussions, or publicly accessible locations
Important disclaimers:
- Data may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or missing fields
- We do not guarantee correctness
- Profiles are not background checks
- Profiles must not be used for employment or credentialing decisions
9. "Not a Background Check Service" Disclaimer
FCRA Protection
RateMyAdjusters:
- Is NOT a consumer reporting agency
- Does NOT provide background checks
- Must NOT be used for hiring, discipline, termination, credentialing, or underwriting decisions
Using the Site for employment screening violates our Terms and federal law.
10. Subjective Ratings Notice
Star ratings and written reviews:
- Represent subjective user opinions, not facts
- Do not reflect professional evaluation or objective performance metrics
- Should not be interpreted as a definitive assessment of adjuster quality
11. Adjuster Rights
Adjusters may:
- Claim their profile
- Submit corrections to licensing data
- Respond publicly to reviews
- Report reviews that violate the Guidelines
However:
- Adjusters have no right to edit, alter, censor, or demand removal of user opinions
- Adjusters cannot require RateMyAdjusters to investigate user claims
12. Reporting a Review
Users may report reviews that violate these Guidelines.
Submitting a report:
- Does not obligate us to take action
- Does not guarantee removal
- Does not guarantee a response
- Does not create any rights, duties, or expectations
13. License You Grant to RateMyAdjusters
By submitting content, you grant RateMyAdjusters LLC a:
- Perpetual
- Irrevocable
- Worldwide
- Royalty-free
- Transferable
- Sublicensable
right to:
- Display
- Store
- Reproduce
- Publish
- Distribute
- Modify (formatting only)
- Index
- Analyze
- Use for SEO, search, AI training, and platform operations
Even if you delete your account, this license remains.
14. Enforcement & Termination
We may suspend or terminate:
- Accounts
- Reviews
- Ability to submit content
for:
- Violations of these Guidelines
- Fraud, abuse, or harassment
- Attempts to manipulate reviews
- Legal risk
15. No Guarantee of Review Posting
We may, at our sole discretion:
- Refuse to post a review
- Delay posting
- Require additional verification
- Remove or restrict reviews
Users have no expectation or guarantee that their content will appear on the Site.
16. Disclaimer
RateMyAdjusters LLC does not guarantee:
- Accuracy
- Reliability
- Completeness
- Truthfulness
- Timeliness
of any information or User Content.
Nothing in any review should be interpreted as:
- A factual statement
- A legal opinion
- A determination of fault
- A representation of actual claim outcomes
Every reviewer speaks only for themselves.
17. Contact
Questions about these Guidelines may be submitted through:
RateMyAdjusters LLC
We do not offer email support or guarantee response times.
Disclaimer: RateMyAdjusters LLC publishes information and user-generated content for general informational purposes only. Profile data, reviews, and commentary may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate, and are not independently verified. We do not guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any content displayed on this site. Nothing on this site constitutes legal, financial, or professional advice, and no endorsement of any adjuster, company, or service is implied. Users are responsible for their own statements and submissions.