You inspect for several IA firms, and each one sends work through its own portal. blnd signs in to all of them as you, pulls every assignment into one inbox, answers the one-time codes, and drafts an estimate file you can import into CCC ONE. You review it, approve it, and it goes back to the claim.
No card. Every supported portal on every plan.
Working for several IA firms means working in several portals, each with its own login, queue and upload screen. Here is where the hours go, and what blnd takes off your plate.
Without blnd: Open a tab for every firm's portal and sign in to each one to see what was dispatched overnight.
With blnd: Overnight assignments are already in one inbox, each labelled with the portal it came from.
Without blnd: A portal logs you out and emails a six-digit code. You dig for it while the coffee goes cold.
With blnd: blnd reads the code from the Gmail inbox you connected and finishes the sign-in on its own.
Without blnd: Retype claim numbers, VINs and inspection addresses into your tracker before you drive.
With blnd: Assignment sheet, insured, VIN, loss description, address and photos are pulled in already.
Without blnd: Between inspections, download photos from each portal so you can write them up later.
With blnd: blnd drafts the lines from the photos and notes: replace, repair, refinish, blend, R&I.
Without blnd: Write the day's estimates from a blank screen, one line at a time.
With blnd: Import each drafted file into CCC ONE, check every line, change what you see differently, lock it.
Without blnd: Log back in to every portal and re-upload each estimate and its photos to the right claim.
With blnd: Approve, and each estimate goes back to the claim it came from. Then close the laptop.
The inspection, the judgment call and the signature on the estimate stay yours.
blnd works alongside the estimating system you already use. It does the drafting and the shuttling between portals; you open the file, make it yours, and send it.
From the photos and the assignment notes, blnd writes the line items and packages them as an .xme and .AWF file for import, plus a PDF for the claim file. You finish it in CCC ONE the way you always have.
What is in a CCC estimate fileSome days you will still be in a portal: a desk reviewer has a question, or you want to see the file as the firm sees it. The Chrome extension puts a blnd button on each case row, so you can check the draft and upload it to that claim without leaving the page.
About the Chrome extensionYour portal accounts carry your licence and your relationships with the firms that send you work. blnd signs in as you, with your own credentials, and the worst it can do on its own is read.
blnd reads assignments, notes and photos. It does not accept, decline or reassign work, or message anyone for you.
The one thing it writes to a portal is your estimate, after you press approve. Each approval is logged.
It looks for portal one-time codes and nothing else. Disconnect it any time.
Portal passwords are encrypted before they are stored, and decrypted only inside the job that signs in.
Removing a portal deletes its stored credentials straight away.
Sign in to each one once, inside blnd. If a firm you work for uses a portal that is not on the list, tell us which one: we add portals in the order appraisers ask.
Every portal is included on every plan. Running a team rather than working solo? See blnd for IA firms.
You pay per estimate file, not per seat. Assignments you never ask blnd to estimate cost nothing, and redrafting the same case is free. Start with 10 files, no card.
$199/month
$5.00 per extra file, up to a monthly spend cap you set
Annual billing gets 2 months free.
Something else? Write to hello@blnd.one.
Connect the portals you work in and let real assignments come in. Your first 10 files are free, and you do not need a card to start.
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