Is a $4,000 Claim Worth Taking? The PA Math

For solo public adjusters and small firms who keep having the same argument with themselves: the claim is small, the homeowner is desperate, and the last file like this one ate a week and paid for a tank of gas.

The problem is not softheartedness. It is that most of us never wrote down our break-even number, so every small claim becomes an emotional debate instead of a two-minute calculation. And the math on small claims is sneaky: the work floor of any claim, the LOR, the policy read, the inspection, the estimate, the carrier calls, barely shrinks as the claim gets smaller. The revenue shrinks. The hours mostly do not.

Is a 4,000 Dollar Claim Worth Taking? is a free PDF that gives you the calculator to end the debate:

• The five variables: expected settlement, your fee rate, honest hours, required hourly rate, and hard costs
• Two formulas: the break-even settlement for your practice, and the hours ceiling on any file
• A worked illustration you can rerun with your own numbers in two minutes
• The costs nobody counts: cycle time, opportunity cost, cognitive load, collection risk
• When a money-losing claim is still worth taking, priced as marketing on purpose
• How to say no fast and kindly, without burning the referral
• An eight-line decision checklist you can laminate

No made-up industry percentages, no one-size answers. Your fee, your market, your floor: the PDF just gives you the frame and makes you run your own numbers.

Download the free worksheet and settle the small-claim debate for good.

[Download the Profitability Calculator PDF]

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