Estimate of Loss. You are the practice manager for a four-physician office. You arrive on Monday morning to find the entire office suite flooded from overhead sprinklers that malfunctioned over the weekend. Water stands ankle-deep everywhere. The computers are fried and the contents of all the filing cabinets are soaked. Your own office, where most of the records were stored, has the worst damage. The practice carries valuable papers insurance coverage for an amount up to $250,000. It is your responsibility to prepare an estimate of the financial loss so that a claim can be filed with the insurance company. Include in your analysis:

1. How would you go about preparing an estimate?

2. What would your summary of the losses look like?

3. Include in your summary and inventory of destroyed equipment and estimated replacement costs.