"Beautiful Garbage”: Ray LaMarche on Salvage, Sustainability & the Second Life of a Claim:

“Just because it’s a total loss doesn’t mean it’s totally lost.”What happens to all the stuff after an insurance company decides it’s not worth repairing?That question takes The Salty Adjuster north of the border to Canada for a conversation with Ray LaMarche of BARGA about salvage, sustainability, and the enormous amount of recoverable value hiding inside property claims.Ray breaks down what actually happens after a loss, why “write it off” and “throw it away” shouldn’t mean the same thing, and how smarter salvage practices can reduce waste while putting real dollars back into the claims equation.Cameron and Ray get into the economics of recovery, the environmental impact of the way the industry handles damaged property, and why adjusters may need to start looking at the stuff headed for the dumpster a little differently.Because sometimes a total loss still has plenty of life left in it.Learn all about the great work BARGA is doing here: https://www.barga.ca/about/about-us and follow them on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/barga-ca