About Us
Who are we?
Blankenship Services, LLC is a fully licensed investigative firm that provides a wide range of services to a diverse clientele including self-insured employers, attorneys, TPAs, governmental agencies and individuals. Our investigators are professional, self-motivated, discreet, and trained to work under limited supervision. They are also proficient at adapting their investigative activities into a concise report format, along with visual and documentary evidence when applicable. The results we deliver are unsurpassed in accuracy, timeliness, and resolve.
What do we do?
Surveillance
- Documentation of Activities
- Digital Video & Still Photography
- Domestic
- Worker’s Compensation
- Infidelity
- Child Custody
- GPS Tracking
- Recorded Statements
Background Check
- Criminal Records
- DUI
- Assault/Domestic Violence
- Incarcerations
- Civil Cases/Liens
- Activity Checks w/ photographs
- Business License/Self-Employment
- Bankruptcies
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Social Media Checks
Process Service
- Flat rate for all of South Carolina (Contact us for a price list)
What can you expect?
Once we receive the scope of assignment and pertinent information regarding the claim, we launch a full background investigation. The background investigation is useful in determining the overall activities and patterns of behavior in order to schedule surveillance around the times most likely to yield the best results. We also confirm the claimant’s residence, monitor social media activities, check civil/criminal records, and search for various type of professional or recreational licenses.
When actual surveillance begins we provide clients with twice-daily, real-time updates so that decisions on how to proceed are done collectively with the employer’s best interest in mind. After the surveillance is completed, we begin completing the full report and processing the video for distribution to the client. The faster the client receives the completed file, the quicker they can adjudicate the claim.
Plan Ahead
Additional Information
Type of information we would like to have prior to surveillance:
- Claimant’s personal information (Name, DOB, SSN, LKA, etc.)
- Address to which time loss checks are sent (if applicable)
- Photo
- Time of work shift
- List of restrictions
- Claim Number
- Any upcoming appointments
- Why initiating investigation now?
- Any prior investigations?
- Acceptable Level of Risk
- Scope of the assignment
What we need during the investigation:
- Someone to be available & responsive during the investigation
- Alternate point or method of contact
Possible Outcomes of Investigations:
- Create a culture of accountability by reducing or eliminating the habitual misuse of disability benefits
- Willful misrepresentation
- Return employees back to work sooner on questionable or red-flagged claims by investigating claims early in the process
- Reduce frivolous expenses by minimizing unwarranted surgeries, counseling, and retraining costs by confirming the legitimacy of the claims.
- Stop unjustified pensions
**South Carolina Law requires a written contract before services begin. Advanced retainer fee required for all individual cases. Insurance companies, businesses and law firms should contact us for more information.**