Geoffrey Seymour, a much-loved loss adjuster who was well known in the 1960s for flying his Cessna light aircraft to service claimants in country Victoria and NSW, has died peacefully in Melbourne, aged 88.

Mr Seymour, who retired at the age of 82, is survived by his wife Maureen and sons Scott – who was trained by his father and is now a loss adjuster in northern NSW – and Peter.

He was treasurer of the Victorian division council of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters for many years, and was a life member.

The avid aviator made his first flight in 1951, and a few years later was involved in a near-fatal accident when he hit power lines near Corowa, NSW.

It was through flying that Mr Seymour chanced upon his career as a loss adjuster.

From 1960-72 he operated a part-time air charter business, and frequently transported two loss adjusters, Ken Cameron and Ross McAuley, who were in business together.

When Mr McAuley died in a car crash, Mr Cameron offered Mr Seymour a job as a loss adjuster, and Mr Seymour later bought the business.

During his adjusting career he managed third-party claims for the Electricity Trust of SA after the Ash Wednesday fires and worked on behalf of the State Electricity Commission to adjust fire damage claims in Mount Macedon, Victoria.

A motor enthusiast and former car dealer, he was also senior adjuster for Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce Insurance during the 1980s and 1990s.

Mr Seymour acted as the Victorian and Tasmanian surveyor for Airclaims and assessed numerous private and commercial aircraft losses on behalf of the Australian Aviation Underwriting Pool, today known as QBE Aviation.