When natural disasters strike, the power team behind IAB treats clients like one of their own.
Jim McCaffrey had spent 18 years building his Yardley supermarket, McCaffrey’s, into an area institution. Offering gourmet and organic items long before it was expected, the store was well liked by the community and, in turn, usually quite busy. Such was the case the afternoon of February 28, 2004, when shoppers headed in for weekend supplies were instead faced with a devastating fire.
Ripping through the building and eventually causing over $15 million in damage, the flames were more than a surprise to the owner. They were a life-changer.
“The details that are involved in something like [a fire] – was beyond overwhelming…I would have had to hire an entire staff to just document what we lost,” he says, adding it was a highly emotional time for himself, his family and his employees. But instead of hiring that team of hundreds, McCaffrey was quickly advised by his attorney to hire a public adjuster.
McCaffrey soon found a match in Ira Straff of Insurance Adjustment Bureau, Inc. (“IAB”), in Bala Cynwyd, PA. “He was introduced to me through a mutual friend, and the relationship was unbelievable,” recalls McCaffrey. “I can best descr




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