David B. Hart, CIP, FCIAA, CLA dhart@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

David is the senior adjuster in Nanaimo. He has been actively involved as an independent adjuster for the past 39 years and holds professional designations - CIP, FCIAA and CLA. David specializes in property losses, environmental claims, marine damage losses to pleasurecraft, yachts, floats, wharves and marine aquaculture products in addition to logging and forestry claims. David is a past president of the Canadian Independent Adjusters Association.

Douglas A. Damberger ddamberger@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Doug is a member of the government controlled Mediation Roster Society.  He has conducted in excess of 1,000 mediations since he began specializing in this area 12 years ago.  His main focus is confined to personal injury, having over 35 years related experience as a claims professional. 

Gayle Ricketts, CIP gricketts@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Gayle's insurance career began when she joined Continental Insurance, Calgary Claims Department.  She worked as a telephone adjuster, then for various independent adjusting firms and even spent two years as an agent before joining Coast Claims Nanaimo in 1989.  Although an accomplished property adjuster, Gayle deals strictly with liability claims.  On a personal note, Gayle is a voracious reader and also spends part of each day with her lovely Dutch warmblood mare "Caprice" pursuing her training in dressage.

Kelly Michael Eisler, CIP keisler@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Kelly joined Coast Claims Service Ltd. in 1991 and is a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP). He specializes in residential and commercial property losses including major fires, bodily injury, property damage claims and automobile appraisals.

Nick Janaszak, BA njanaszak@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Nick Janaszak joined the Coast Claims team in 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English and minor in Liberal Arts. Nick is a level II adjuster and is currently working on completing his CIP.

Nick specializes in residential and commercial property damage claims as well as marine damage surveys to pleasurecraft, PWC's and houseboats. He also handles vacation trailer claims, as well as automobile and ATV damage appraisals.

Verdonna Noye, CIP vnoye@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Verdonna started in the insurance industry first in sales, working in that department for three years before transferring to the claims department where she worked for three years as a telephone adjuster and then 23 years as a company road adjuster, handling property claims covering an area from Duncan to Campbell River.

 

Verdonna has been with Coast Claims since 2006, handling property claims and reporting to insurance companies on a timely basis. She finds her job interesting and enjoys working with the insureds.

Daniel W. Lutes dlutes@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Dan joined Coast Claims Service Ltd. in August of 2008. He has been a licenced all lines adjuster since 1974. Dan has handled many major residential, municipal and commercial liability, property, automobile and bodily injury losses.

 

While most of Dan's career has been as an independent adjuster, he also spent four years as an intermediate and senior claims examiner with a major insurer.

 

W.S. (Bill) Millman , BA, CIP bmillman@coastclaims.com Phone 250-751-1266 Fax 250-751-7767

Bill began his insurance career in 1982 with State Farm Insurance in Calgary where he remained 14 years as a senior field claims adjuster, before becoming an independent and starting his own small adjusting business, specializing in automobile and liability BI investigations and claims. 

 

Bill relocated to Nanaimo area in 2004 with wife Gwen, a registered nurse and their cat, Tommy.  Bill is an avid golfer and skier.