Insurance Companies employ experts to assess your claim therefore you should too.
Very often, people’s first response is “My insurance company’s assessor will take care of it”. What this really means is that a “loss adjuster” acting for the insurance company has been instructed to visit them. But what you’re perhaps unaware of is that the loss adjuster acts on the insurance company’s behalf with their interests in mind – they don’t get paid to ensure you get your full claim entitlement!