Our Team
Rod Ahlskog, CIP
Managing Partner & Senior Claims Adjuster
Edmonton, Alberta
Rod has been managing partner of Advantage Claims since 2014, the culmination of nearly four decades of experience in the insurance industry. Throughout a diverse career, Rod has worked for a direct writer, government insurer, independent brokerages, and independent adjusting firms. In addition to his experience in claims adjustment, Rod spent a number of years in senior management positions on both the broker and claims sides of the insurance industry.
For over ten years, Rod has occupied a senior adjusting position in the independent sector, handling a broad range of files including industrial and agricultural property and liability, business interruption, bodily injury, oilfield and environmental losses, and heavy commercial and fleet transportation. Rod has also acted as a control adjuster on several national and local transportation fleets over the years, overseeing and personally adjusting a diverse collection of heavy commercial property, auto, and liability losses. Rod’s diverse array of experience in different sectors of the industry have also allowed him to develop a greater understanding of the interconnected nature of underwriting, risk management, and the claims process – consulting expertise that pays dividends in the assessment of future risk.
Specialties:
· Property – Commercial, Agricultural, & Personal
· Auto – Commercial, Personal, & Fleet/Transportation
· Liability – Commercial, Oilfield, & Environmental
· Bodily Injury/Casualty
· Cargo Damage
· Risk Management & Underwriting Consultation
Education & Achievements:
· Chartered Insurance Professional
· Numerous Industry Courses
· Member, Northern Alberta Insurance Institute
· Past Executive, Yellowhead Independent Insurance Brokers Association Of Alberta
· Past Member, Broker Advisory Council for SGI Canada
· Industry & Community Volunteer, Including Past Work With Kids With Cancer Charity
Mansel J. Jones, CIP
Senior Claims Adjuster
Calgary, Alberta
Advantage Claims is proud to have Mansel J. Jones join our team in 2021, bringing with him over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry. In addition to handling a diverse array of claims, he spent many years consulting on civil litigation cases for the Alberta Lawyers Insurance Association, the insurance arm of the Alberta Law Society. A veteran of independent adjusting, Mansel has decades invested in honing a diverse array of negotiation and investigative expertise.
Over the course of his career, Mansel has worked both independently and as part of larger teams, handling everything from catastrophic property losses to specific SIU investigations. He is especially well-versed in the areas of bodily injury, liability, and the complexities of large-scale fire and arson losses – his handling of which includes a precedent-setting legal victory upholding his claim denial recommendation. Mansel has also acted as the control adjuster for a variety of large accounts across southern Alberta over the years, overseeing the handling of their claims and participating in the development of their risk management procedures.
Specialties:
· Large & Complex Loss Investigation
· Liability – Commercial, Oilfield, & Environmental
· Bodily Injury/Casualty – Domestic & International
· Property – Commercial, Agricultural, & Personal
· Auto – Commercial, Personal, & Fleet/Transportation
Education & Achievements:
· Chartered Insurance Professional
· Numerous Industry Courses
· Contract Claims Examiner, Alberta Lawyers Insurance Association
· Past Member & Presenter, International Association of Arson Investigators
· Industry & Community Volunteer & Non-Profit Board Member
Debra Schultz, CIP
Senior Claims Adjuster
Edmonton, Alberta
Debra Schultz began her career as an independent adjuster in 1991. Receiving her designation with honours in 1995, Deb has fostered a reputation of excellence in her workplaces as well, with experience in management and agency ownership enhancing her skills as an adjuster. A past Board Director of the Alberta Association of Insurance Adjusters, she has also served both the insurance industry and her community in various volunteering roles.
With 28 years of adjusting and management experience, Deb brings invaluable expertise to the handling of a broad range of claims, with a special focus on the investigation and settlement of personal and commercial automobile losses, bodily injury, and accident benefits claims.
Specialties:
· Auto – Personal & Commercial
· Casualty
· Bodily Injury
· Section B
Education & Achievements:
· Chartered Insurance Professional
· Numerous Industry Courses
· Member, Northern Alberta Insurance Institute
· Member, Insurance Adjusters Association
· Personal & Industry Awards, Including Top National Associate (1995) & Volunteer Of The Year (Edmonton Federation Of Community Leagues, 2003)