Texting & Calling

Text and call your clients from the claim

One local number registered to your firm. Every text, call, recording and transcript lands on the claim it belongs to, next to the notes and documents. Pay by the message and the minute, on every plan.

What it does

The conversation stays with the claim

A call from a client on an adjuster's cell is gone the moment it ends. In AdjustCRM it is a recording, a transcript and a recap on the claim, and anyone on the team can read what was agreed.

Texts on the claim

Open the Texts tab on any claim, pick a client or contractor who has opted in, and type. Replies come back to the same thread, and pictures they send are saved to the claim's documents.

Click to call, from the claim

Press the phone icon next to any number. Your own phone rings first, you press 1, and we connect the other side from your firm's number. They see the firm on caller ID, never your cell.

Inbound calls ring the right person

When a client calls your number back, we match them to their claim and ring the claim owner, then the other assignees, then a forwarding number, then voicemail. Nobody gets dumped into a personal mailbox.

Recording, transcript and recap

Every call is recorded and transcribed by speaker. A short recap lists the outcome and the action items, and suggests tasks, deadlines and a note you can add to the claim with one click.

Phone-call meetings

Schedule a meeting of type Phone call and the claim page shows a banner with a Call button from ten minutes before the start until thirty minutes after, with a push reminder to the organiser.

Opt-outs handled for you

STOP, START and HELP are answered automatically. After a STOP, nothing goes to that person until they text START or YES again, and the thread records it.

How billing works

Pay for what you use, on its own invoice

Usage is added up at the end of each month and charged to the card on file as a separate invoice. No usage, no invoice, and under $1 we do not bill it. Recording, transcription and the recap are included in the minute rate, and number rental and carrier fees are on us. Calling is US and Canada only for now.

WhatRateCounted as
Text messages (SMS)$0.02 per segment160 characters, sent or received
Picture messages (MMS)$0.05 per messageOne picture or PDF, sent or received
Outbound calls$0.05 per minuteConnected minutes, rounded up per call
Inbound calls$0.04 per minuteConnected minutes, rounded up per call

The ring and the whisper cost nothing. Connected time and voicemails count, rounded up per call.

How routing works

When a client calls you back

An inbound call is matched to the caller's phone the same way a text is. Each person we ring hears "Call from Jane Sample about 12 Oak Street. Press 1 to accept" before they are connected, so a carrier voicemail can never take the call.

  1. 1

    The claim owner

    We match the caller's number to their claim and ring the owner's phone for 20 seconds.

  2. 2

    The other assignees

    One at a time. The order rotates so the same person is not always second.

  3. 3

    Your forwarding number

    Set it on the Texting & Telephony page. Unknown callers go straight here.

  4. 4

    Voicemail

    The caller leaves a message. It is transcribed and emailed to the claim owner with a link to the recording.

Setup

Four steps, one registration

The registration is per firm, not per person. AdjustCRM checks on it every ten minutes and the page updates on its own, so there is nothing to babysit.

  1. 1

    Switch it on

    Go to Team Settings, then Texting & Telephony, and flip the switch. A billing admin does this. The rates sit right next to it.

  2. 2

    Register your firm

    Enter your legal name, EIN, address and a contact person, then submit. US carriers require this registration (A2P 10DLC) for any business that texts through software.

  3. 3

    Pick a number

    Search by area code and choose a local number. It joins your account right away and starts sending the moment the carriers approve the registration, usually about a week, sometimes less.

  4. 4

    Add your phone

    Each team member adds their own phone number under Account. That is the phone we ring before connecting a call, and the phone inbound calls reach.

Questions adjusters ask

Do I need a new number?
Texts and calls go out from a local number registered to your firm, and you pick it by area code on the Texting & Telephony page after you submit your business details. Number rental and the carrier registration fees are covered by AdjustCRM. Your team members keep their own phones; we ring those first on every outbound call and clients only ever see the firm number.
What does it cost?
Texting is $0.02 per SMS segment and $0.05 per picture message, sent or received. Calls are $0.05 per minute outbound and $0.04 per minute inbound, rounded up per call, with recording, transcription and the recap included. Usage is billed monthly on a separate invoice to the card on file. A month with no usage gets no invoice, and under $1 we do not bill it.
Is it on the Unlimited plan?
Yes. Texting and calling are billed at the usage rates on top of every plan, Unlimited included. Everything else on Unlimited stays flat.
What happens when someone texts STOP?
STOP, START and HELP are answered automatically and turn texting off or on for that person. After a STOP, nothing your team or an automation sends reaches them until they text START or YES. The keywords are recorded in the thread so you can see what happened.
Can I text anyone on a claim?
Only people who have said yes. A client ticks the text alerts box on their portal, a contractor texts YES or START to your number, or the person texts your number first. The carriers set that rule, and a box your team ticks does not count. Anyone else shows greyed out with the reason.
Do clients see my personal cell?
No. Outbound calls show your firm number on their caller ID, and inbound calls come in on the firm number and are forwarded to your phone. Your own number is never shown to a client.

Turn it on, register once, start texting

Texting & Calling is part of AdjustCRM. There is no Twilio login, no separate vendor and no per-seat charge. The running total for the month is on the Texting & Telephony page, so you always know what the invoice will say.