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Leave it in our hands

July 2008July 2008

Contents

IT Infrastructure

Accounting

Management Information

Services

Overview & Our Team

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Overview

One of the leading and largest Independent Vehicle Assessing companies in the British Isles

100% field engineer coverage of British Isles 10 Strategically located engineers

25 visual image engineer licences Audatex Glassmatix Dedicated team and dedicated training

IT Strategic Partnership Investors in cutting edge technology and IT Bespoke IT Services Constant finger on the pulse Leaders in pushing technology forward

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Overview We have developed our own purpose built state of the

art offices to handle expansion and provide bespoke facilities. 30 people Training Area State of the art server room with independence from main

building In house server co-location and hosting services available Category 6 Gigabit network, VoIP, IP CCTV, 10Meg Internet

Pipe Room for 250% expansion plan

This has Enabled us to provide a Fully tailored comprehensive service solution, taking the stress out of vehicle damage and condition assessments

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Our Teams Our engineers are:

Fully trained and qualified Encouraged to take their skills further through

training Able to leverage over 30 years of experience

from senior staff Our client support team are:

Centrally located at HO in the heart of Yorkshire Fully experienced in working with insurance

companies, solicitors, dealerships and fleet body repair centres, assuring you total quality standards throughout.

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Services

Acorn SolutionsRepairManagement

Total Loss Settlement Post Repair

Inspections

Service Portfolio

NetworkAudit

ConditionAssessments

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Services Damage Assessment Reporting

Physical inspections – 100% UK Coverage• Completion within 48 hours from initial contact with

client Remote Desktop Inspections (Audatex, Glassmatix)

• Completion within 6 hours of receipt of assessment

Acorn Assessors will: Check accident report against repairers estimate Calculate potential savings on repair costs against

menu pricing Compare value of vehicle against repair costs to

establish total loss or repairability

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Reporting Process Overview

Decision

Report

Inspection

Instruction

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Services Repair Management

Any areas of repair not linked to accident circumstances will be challenged

Savings are paramount! Average repair costs monitored over time (see MI section)

Unannounced visits to repairers premises to audit estimating procedures

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Services Total Loss Settlements

Dedicated department taking the stress out of vehicle valuation discussions

Salvage categorisation and disposal arrangements made Production of signed statement of clients agreed particulars Management of valuation disputes

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Services Post Repair Inspections

Upon clients raising concerns regarding repairs our dedicated team will:-

• Discuss areas of concern• Investigate issues• Carry out joint inspection with client and garage representatives• Engineer will assess the anomalies and categorise as per the

following diagram:

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Services

Supplementary

Further work to be authorised

PRI Concern

Quality of Repairs

Garage will be instructed to rectify

unacceptable standard of work

Pre-Ax or unfounded

concern

Explanation will be given to client

Damage caused at repairers

Agree an acceptable form of rectification to

be carried out

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Services Verification

As a result of post repair inspections, a manual inspection can be carried out to verify the work undertaken

Network Audit A percentage is set of manually required attendances Unannounced visits to qualify and spot check estimating Examination of working conditions and equipment available on

site Shared repairer knowledge base

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Services Condition Assessments

Detailed inspection to confirm whether vehicle meets standards required for fleet

Actions required to return vehicle back to acceptable standard

End of contract inspections Provide information on actions required to complete the term.

Classic & Vintage car valuations Valuation report presented with HPI registered details and

corresponding Glass’s Guide Evaluator Locus Reporting & Expert Witness

Production of sketch plan and photographs of the accident location

Court Appearances from experienced qualified industry leading engineers

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Services Audit of Final Accounts

For invoices received above our reserve, engineers will liaise with repairing garage for approval

Diminution Recovery Court prepared papers providing percentage of

diminished value Full diminution process management

Photography Imagery of remaining scar tissue for assistance of

PI claims Accident Damage Photography Locus Report Photography

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Management Information Bespoke Automated Statistical Reporting

Custom reports based on chosen criteria Scheduled submission – weekly, monthly annually Trend Analysis Flagging of unusual data Graphical representation Professional reporting standards Customisation with your own branding and logo

Commonly produced MI data includes: Average times to inspect, Average Repair Costs, Average

Total Loss Settlements, Repairer Performance, % PRI’s per Repairer

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Monthly Bordereaux presented for ease of accounting

Individual fee note presented with each report for inclusion in your claim pack

Solutions tailored to your requirements. Accounting in Sage with electronic communication and integrated CRM

Accounting

Fee Note

Bordereaux Solution

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Accounting Dedicated in house team

Purchase Ledger Credit Control Direct Dial telephone to accounts Call Centre.

Bespoke Database Accounting Procedures Bespoke reporting Sage accounting

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IT Infrastructure Strategic Partnership with group IT Company

Enables us to embrace new technology and leave the complexity to the IT company, while focusing on what we are good at

Large annual investment in IT technology In house Custom built server room to increase

availability and bolster our disaster recovery contingency plan 10Meg Internet Pipe for Internet communications, VPNs,

Secure links, Remote workers, VoIP and expansion. Co-location and co-hosting services provider to our

customers

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IT Infrastructure Bespoke CRM and Claims administration database

Database has been custom built and updated as technology moves ahead

Centrally managed Web enabled database• Full CRM and communication toolset• Full claims administration system• Full custom accounting• Custom work flow and reports tailored to your requirements with

minimum lead time• Profiles can be changed immediately to suit your needs.• All accessible by work provider via web

Reports have been designed to supply the maximum amount of information to assist the decision maker Branded reports provide the data you require

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Instruction Process Diagram

InstructionInstructionrequestrequest

BB

EE

CC

DD

AAEmail

Fax

Telephone

Web Request EDI – Electronic Data

Interchange

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Communications

Communications

Fully integrated Services and communications

Acorn

Assessors

Database

Work

Providers

Database

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IT Infrastructure Communications

Database has built in Web Notification, SMS Text, Email and Fax communication capabilities based on profile

Claims History and Audit trail provides historical claims information

10 Meg Line allows us to host our own data centre and co-locate work providers’ servers

Contingency and Disaster recovery Tape Backup, Hard Drive backup FTP Based offsite backup to secure secondary data centre Reduced Single points of failure Dual Routed Leased line to separate POPs

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Communication Methodology

Key Points in process automatically sent to claims handler

SMS Text, Email & Web Communication

Real time web access for status updates and claims history

GuaranteesGuaranteesSmoothSmoothClaims Claims

ProcessProcess

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Contact Us

Web:

Email:

Fax:

Telephone:

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[email protected]

08448 470481

08448 470480

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Find Us Find directions to Acorn Assessors HO:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=YO51+9LS&ie=UTF8&ll=54.087791,-1.40286&spn=0.017595,0.037594&z=15

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Junction 49 on the A1(M)

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