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Looks like one'd describe him as an insurance adjuster:

> Kafka was rapidly promoted and his duties included processing and investigating compensation claims, writing reports, and handling appeals from businessmen who thought their firms had been placed in too high a risk category, which cost them more in insurance premiums.[41] He would compile and compose the annual report on the insurance institute for the several years he worked there.

And of course, Wallace Stevens was an insurance lawyer.




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