一般操作是這樣的,屋主file claim, 保險公司賠款包括兩部分:1. cash value (minus deductible) + 2. recoverable depreciation (如果保險是replacement cost), 支票1 馬上給你,支票2 在roofer 完工之後給你,你要是一年內不修就forfeited. 我找的roofer satisfied with Insurance's payment, 就不向我收deductible 了。簽了agreement 後,roofer 會向保險公司爭取更多的賠償,但是爭取來也是roofer 得。The tricky thing is, by law, home owner must pay roofer their deductible shares, 但是,roofer knows how to work it around.