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- Telephone: 859-333-5422
- E-Mail: claims@dotsonandassoc.com
- Website: dotsonandassoc.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 417, Richmond, KY 40476
Established: 2014
Qualified Member Since: 2017
- Services
- About Us
- Software Platforms & Technology Used
- Additional Locations
- Professional Memberships
- Service Area
- Personnel
- Service Areas
Licensed in Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia and West Virginia
Services
- Appraisals
- Business Interruption
- Consulting
- Contractors Liability
- Drone Inspections
- Errors and Omissions
- Excess and Surplus Lines
- Inland Marine
- Mediations
- Product Liability
- Recorded Statements
- Self-Insureds
- Special Investigative Unit
- Subrogation
- Transportation
- Trucking
- Underwriting Inspections
- Witness Location
- Catastrophic Events
- Expert Witness
- Large Loss
- Scene Inspections
- Adjuster Training
- Cargo & Container Inspections
- Daily Claims (Property & Casualty)
- Desk Audits
- Evidence Preservation
- Foreclosure Inspections
- Full Adjustments
- Limited Assignments
- Moving & Storage Inspections
- Pre & Post Blasting Inspections
- Records Search
- Re-Inspections
- Settlement Conferences
- Temporary Staffing
About Us
Dotson & Associates, LLC is a multi-line adjusting firm based in Richmond, KY. Our service areas include all of KY, Southern IN, Southern OH, North Central TN, and parts of WV and VA.
We work for insurance companies, law firms, self-insureds and commercial trucking companies.
Our adjusters average 20 years of experience in various disciplines of the insurance and construction.
Our company offers a superior claims adjusting service at a competitive price and can tailor our insurance claims handling requirements to meet the needs of our clients.
We also have a network of claims adjusters across the United States that can mobilize within 24 hours to assist with catastrophic property losses.
Software Platforms & Technology Used
- Xactimate
- Xactanalysis
- FileTrac/Evolve
- Certified Drone Pilots
Additional Locations
Elizabethtown, KY Corbin, KY Shelbyville, KY
Professional Memberships
- Blue Grass Claims Association
- Greater Louisville Claim Association
- Kentucky Claims Association, Inc.
- National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
- Society of Registered Professional Adjusters
- Institute of Inspection, Cleaning & Restoration Certification
- Agricultural Claims Association
Service Area
Servicing Entire State of Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio, North Central Tennessee, and Areas of Western West Virginia and Virginia
Personnel Information
John Dotson
Owner/Claims Manager
Years of Experience: 35
John has more than 35 years as an Independent Insurance Adjuster. He has testified as an Expert Witness in local, state and federal court. Able to assist with pre-trial mediation and trial preparation. He is a Certified Appraiser and Umpire and handles numerous Appraisal Clause claims. John has served as Regional Vice President and has also assisted on several committees for the National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters (NAIIA). He was the Kentucky Claimsperson of the Year 2016 and Bluegrass Claims Association Claimsperson or the Year 2005 & 2016. He was also a Certified CE Instructor for Servpro from 2012-2014.
Certifications:
- Registered Professional Adjuster (RPA)
- Certified Insurance Appraiser (NAIIA)
- Certified Insurance Umpire (NAIIA)
Born: 1968
Sean Wooldridge
Senior Adjuster
Years of Experience: 30
With more than 30 years combined in the insurance and construction/restoration industry, Sean has a wealth of knowledge that he brings to the table. He has held both agency and adjuster license and holds numerous certifications in the construction/restoration industry with OSHA, IICRC, and the Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers. In 2023, Sean became a PLAN Certified Appraiser and Umpire.
Jeff Butcher
Claims Supervisor
Jeff has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. He graduated from Morehead State University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Jeff began his career as a multi-line adjuster with Wells Fargo Insurance Services handling both residential and commercial property and casualty losses on behalf of domestic insurers and certain London market underwriters through Wells Fargo's claims subsidiary, Prestige Claims Service. While working at Wells Fargo, Jeff was involved in the handling of one of the largest environmental losses in coal mining history on behalf of the property and casualty insurance carriers. With the sale of the claims subsidiary in 2001, Jeff was retained by Wells Fargo as a Claims Consultant, with a title of Assistant Vice President. As Claims Consultant, he acted as the client's advocate in coverage and damage dispute resolution. Jeff left Wells Fargo in 2003 and opened Sandy Valley Claims Service, a property and casualty independent adjustment company that he owned and operated for more than 20 years. Services provided included full adjustments and investigations for all lines of insurance on behalf of insurance companies, law firms, and self-insured clients. Jeff is a licensed independent adjuster in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Service Areas
Corbin, Kentucky, USA 68 miles
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA 113 miles
Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA 73 miles
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