VTS Expands 360Consultant Insurance Services Team
VTS 360Consulting Insurance Services Expansion
Brighton, Michigan; November 23, 2021 – VTS- Virtual Technology Simplified, announces an expansion of the 360Consultant Insurance services with the addition of Executive Building Consultants in Colorado and Kentucky. VTS 360Consultant streamlines insurance claims, appraisals, estimates and readiness plans with 3D capture and technology. VTS delivers a fresh and innovative approach to the entire life cycle of a policy by combining the innovation of 3D capture with highly experienced consulting.
“Utilizing 3D capture technology, claims are significantly more accurate and faster than traditional approaches. Tedd and Brandon, both seasoned consultants, enable us to respond to the increased growth we have seen in our insurance documentation and building consultancy. The added capacity enables us to respond to the increased demand across the US.”
Tedd Stephenson, CGA, CPIA
Tedd joined VTS as an Executive Building Consultant responsible for claims consulting and business development.
Tedd Stephenson brings 17+ year’s of experience in the insurance industry. His expertise includes casualty claims adjustment, property insurance, casualty insurance, and risk assessment. Tedd’s experience spans over 3,000 claims from residential losses to large commercial claims. He has been certified for residential and commercial roofing by Haag Engineering and was certified by IICRC in water mitigation and structural drying.
Before entering the world of insurance, he was in the lending and banking business serving Fortune 500 companies for 18 years. Tedd is based in Colorado and in his free time is building a cabin in the mountains.
Brandon Garretson
Brandon joined VTS as an Executive Building Consultant in Lexington, Kentucky. His expertise spans 20+ years in the property and casualty industry. Brandon has held multiple field and leadership positions in the insurance industry, including roles with carriers including State Auto and Grange.
Most recently, Brandon’s responsibilities have been focused on field operations, specifically around commercial claims and large losses including the category four hurricane damage in 2020 in Louisiana from Hurricane Laura. The storm resulted in loss of dozens of lives and inflicted $17.5 billion in damage. When he is not traveling to cover large storm losses, Brandon enjoys road trips with his family to the nearest beach.
He will focus on reducing business interruption costs and faster rebuilds with services VTS delivers including end-to-end capture, precision estimates and readiness planning.
About VTS: Virtual Technology Simplified recreates buildings and structures with 3D reality capture technology to enable better decision making. VTS leadership combines 90+ years of cutting-edge technology experience with 3D, LIDAR and photogrammetry technology. Virtual tour services enable real time problem solving for insurance, manufacturing, telecom and facility management. The VTS suite of services deliver precision 3D models and digital twins for game changing advantages that streamline processes, reduce risk, and lead to significant cost savings. Software solutions for streamlining data capture and data visualization are in development for launch in 2022.
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