Building and Claim Consultants

Post-loss time documentation is vital. Allen Claims offers a wide range of property claims services to meet clients' needs. Our team deploys experienced professionals to handle the most complex commercial losses. Regardless of size or scope, our mission as your building consultant is to document the file and causation and get the claim sorted quickly and smoothly.

Claim Consultants

Allen Claims consultants play a key role in the property business industry, both home and business insurance. Give your claim the advantage. Engage Allen Claims consultants with various responsibilities, which include documenting, professional estimating, verifying insurance coverage, and field settlements.

Third-Party Representation and Pre-Litigation Investigation Services

Allen Claims offers claims documentation and pre-litigation case support services for clients seeking indemnity via the legal process. Whether an entity damaged your property directly or indirectly, we are ready to serve. From third-party losses to mines, steel factories, or somewhere in between or beyond, if direction and support are needed, call on us to be there.

If you have a first or third-party loss and would like to discuss our expertise and approach to handle the assignment, please contact us to determine a path forward. We will gladly discuss your case in confidence to determine our role, direction, and fee schedule.

Expert Witness

Mediation & Trial is a process of resolving claims between the policyholder and the insurance company. As a neutral third party we are approached to assist in the documentation and resolution of a dispute without bias or dictating the outcome. Our layman’s approach used to report the findings of the loss leads to a comfortable understanding of what has occurred and the claim as a whole. Let Allen Claims be your eyes and ears in the field, as well as your voice and presence in the courtroom. Our team of experienced claims professionals, investigators, forensic engineers, geologists, and more provide insight necessary for Mediation and Trial Monitoring. We are prepared and available to serve our client in all ACI service areas.

General Fees

• Most files are billed at Time and Expense (T&E)
• No office charges, administrative fees, or overhead markup.
• No charge for digital photos other than T&E
• (Printed photos, when required will be charged at $1.00ea, plus T&E)
• File expenses billed at actual cost.
• Mileage billed at current federal rate.
• Drive time is prorated whenever possible – driving T&E rate applies based on Property Adjuster rate for travel.

Hourly Rates

• General Adjuster  $325.00               

Complex losses from $25,000 up to $500,000.00 involving; public adjusters, fire losses, business income loss, origin & cause investigation, coordination of experts, extensive reporting, multiple locations with damage and complex coverage issues.

• Managing General Adjuster/Certified General Adjuster/Expert Witness   $350.00-$500.00 per hour

Complex losses and/or losses that exceed $500,000.00 in damages, that may require over watch or extensive research and investigation to determine an expert opinion typically for large complex losses and litigated claims.

• Appraisal & Umpire Services  $500.00+ - typically billed on a fee schedule with $2,500 minimum for role as Umpire.

• Deposition and expert witness interview - $450.00 per hour w a minimum charge of $1,000.00
  

Please contact Jerod Allen via email PA@AllenClaims.com with any questions regarding billing, or submittal of a new assignment or fee schedule.