Recalculating 68 line items takes longer than writing the letter that follows.
The insurer's settlement states a total, not the difference per line. Anyone who wants to know where deductions were made adds up the report values, adds up the settled values and then goes through the lines one by one. If the total is a few cents out at the end, the round starts again.
68lines in the caseThat is how many line items the expert report lists in the property damage case.
9reduced linesOnly nine of them differ from the settled amount.
3rounds of calculationFirst calculation, check calculation, recalculation after the insurer's response.
1deduction with no line referenceAn item of 320 euros for proportional betterment cannot be assigned to any of the 68 lines and holds up the reconciliation.
Calculated to the cent, the 1,847 euro difference and the one item with no line reference appear in the same list, and checking effort falls by 65% before the legal assessment begins.
The 65% reduction in checking effort is this agent's headline figure. Line count, reduced items and the difference reflect a typical property damage case; they are not measured values.