Sinkhole Investigations Mobile

Sinkholes are not a problem for everyone in the United States, but many Americans live in an area where one or more types of sinkholes may develop. This is why many insurance companies offer some form of sinkhole protection to your home and property, but very rarely are they the entity that goes out to perform sinkhole investigations. Mobile residents might not be aware that when an insurance company needs to perform a sinkhole investigation on your property, they are most likely going to contract the work out to a geotechnical drilling company. These professionals are tasked with collecting samples under the property to prove that a sinkhole is active, and the insurance company should step in and remediate the situation.

Why Don’t Insurance Companies Do Sinkhole Investigations?

Most people come to the thought process of, if an insurance company has sinkhole insurance, then why are they not the ones to go out and collect their own samples? This simply chalked up to the fact that insurance companies know little to nothing about sinkholes, or the geological conditions that make sinkholes possible. In addition to not knowing much about sinkhole investigations, Mobile insurance companies cannot help their clients with sinkholes because they do not have the tools or equipment needed to easily gain access by drilling. This is however very easy for a company that specializes in geotechnical drilling.

Does the Insurance Company Analyze the Samples Once They are Collected?

Before an insurance company is going to pay their clients for sinkhole damages, they have to prove that a sinkhole is actively growing on the property. This is done by sending the collected samples to a lab to be analyzed, however this is not done by insurance companies either. After a geotechnical drilling company performs sinkhole investigations, Mobile professionals have to find a company that has analytical lab equipment, which is often a partner of the contracted geotechnical drilling company. Like with the issue of performing sinkhole investigations, insurance companies do not have the lab equipment needed to further analyze samples.

*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*