Credentials, Licensure and Training
Every engagement is directed by the firm's principal. This page is the single, current record of the designations, licenses, and training behind that work. Certificates of completion, a current license list, a curriculum vitae, and a testimony list are furnished on request.
Summary
At a glance
Principal
- Name
- Chris Chambers, Founder and Principal
- Designation
- Executive General Adjuster
- Experience
- More than 25 years, property and casualty catastrophe and large loss
- Largest loss
- $85 million commercial, placed through the London market
- Home state
- Texas, designated. Also Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and others
- Producer NPN
- 5700272
- NFIP
- Certified at all four authority levels
- FEMA
- IS-318.b mitigation planning, plus ICS and NIMS coursework
- Education
- Master of Legal Studies, Indigenous Peoples Law, University of Oklahoma
- Membership
- Oklahoma Indian Bar Association
- Estimating
- Xactimate
Available on request
Curriculum vitaeYes
Fee scheduleYes
Testimony listYes
License listYes
CertificatesYes
Certificates of insuranceYes
W-9Yes
TurnaroundSame business day
Credentials
Full record
Grouped by relevance. Additional FEMA independent study coursework is held beyond the courses listed here.
| Course | Title and relevance |
|---|---|
| EGA | Executive General AdjusterThe senior adjusting designation, signifying authority over the largest and most complex property losses. |
| NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program certification, all four authority levelsRCBAP, commercial, homeowners, and mobile home. Required for Write Your Own carrier flood assignments. |
| IICRC | Water Damage Restoration and Applied Structural DryingRestoration industry certifications supporting scope and causation analysis on water losses. |
| Licensure | Multi state property and casualty adjuster licensureTexas as designated home state, plus Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and others, with nationwide reciprocal deployment. Resident producer license, NPN 5700272. |
| MLS | Master of Legal Studies, Indigenous Peoples Law, University of OklahomaGraduate legal training in federal Indian law and tribal sovereignty. A non attorney degree. |
| OIBA | Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, memberThe Oklahoma bar organization advancing Indian law, open to attorneys, law students, tribal court personnel, and other professionals. |
| Course | Title and relevance |
|---|---|
| IS-318.b | Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal CommunitiesThe core FEMA course on developing and updating mitigation plans to 44 CFR 201.6 and 201.7. This is the credential that maps directly to plan development work. |
| IS-393 | Introduction to Hazard MitigationMitigation concepts, the hazard mitigation assistance programs, and how mitigation fits the disaster lifecycle. |
| Course | Title and relevance |
|---|---|
| IS-100 | Introduction to the Incident Command SystemICS structure, terminology, and roles. Standard prerequisite for deployed personnel. |
| IS-200 | Basic Incident Command System for Initial ResponseICS application on single resource and initial action incidents. |
| IS-700 | An Introduction to the National Incident Management SystemNIMS doctrine, resource management, and command and coordination. Frequently a contract requirement for personnel supporting federal response and recovery. |
| IS-800 | National Response Framework, An IntroductionThe framework that governs how federal, state, tribal, and local response is organized and supported. |
| IS-230 | Fundamentals of Emergency ManagementThe integrated emergency management system and the roles of each level of government. |
| IS-235 | Emergency PlanningThe planning process itself, which underpins mitigation, continuity, and emergency operations plans. |
Certificates of completion, a current license list, and a curriculum vitae are furnished on request. Training listed above is held by the firm's principal, who directs every engagement. Additional FEMA independent study coursework is held beyond the courses listed here.
Track record
Representative experience
Client names and matter details are provided directly on request rather than published, so that client confidentiality is preserved.
- Large commercial loss, Gulf CoastAn $85 million commercial property loss placed through the London market, managed from scope development through settlement.
- Hurricane catastrophe deploymentsSlab team leadership following Hurricane Katrina, and catastrophe deployments across the Gulf Coast, Florida, and the interior hail and wind states.
- Condominium and association claimsMulti building complexes and residential condominium association policies, including RCBAP flood placements.
- Carrier side leadershipMulti line supervision, catastrophe special claims, and commercial general adjusting roles at Farmers Insurance and Zurich North America.
- Tribal and governmental engagementsMitigation planning and Public Assistance recovery consulting for tribal governments, including Stafford Act Section 312 insurance reconciliation.
Need the documents?
Counsel, carriers, contracting officers, and tribal procurement officers can request the curriculum vitae, fee schedule, license list, certificates, and capability statement. Most requests go out the same business day.