Christopher McDermott

Biography

Christopher currently serves as Property Product Manager for Crawford & Company. He is responsible for oversight of the property product for the North East states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio & New England (ME, MA, NH, VT, RI & CT). Additionally he oversees Upper North West states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming & South Dakota. In his current role, Christopher assists both adjusters and managers in the oversight and handling suggestions for large or complex property losses and provides coaching and training to both as needed.Christopher has more than 23 years of experience in the insurance claims industry in a diverse range of adjusting, marketing and management roles. He started his insurance career as a Property Adjuster with Crawford & Company in their Philadelphia Service Center in 1990, where he ultimately attained the titles of Property General Adjuster and Property Claims Supervisor. Eventually he was promoted, moving to Binghamton, NY serving as Branch Manager for Crawford’s Property & Casualty operations. In 2000, Christopher relocated to Burlington, VT and assumed the Branch Management duties for their Vermont operations and eventually the New Hampshire operations as well. In 2007, he relocated once again to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and assumed Branch Management roles for Western Pennsylvania, This ultimately led to a title of Operations Manager for the “Tri-State” service locations of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey before assuming his current job duties as Property Product Manager in late 2011.
Prior to his adjusting career beginning at Crawford & Company, Christopher studied at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Claims Association. He holds the certificates of SM, AIC, PTC1 & PTC 2 from The Institutes and is currently working on his CPCU. He holds active adjusters licenses in New York, West Virginia and Delaware.
Christopher’s personal interest include the culinary arts, classic cars and fresh & salt water fishing.

Education

No information available.

Admissions/Licenses

• Licensed Adjuster: DE, NY