piCalculator Quick Start Guide - 2014

See how easy it is to get started on your Schedules of Loss with piCalculator.

1. Quick Start Guide
Log-In at:
https://www.piCalculator.co.uk

2. 1 Adding a Claimant
Click on a Question Mark to see the calculation explained in full.
•From the home page, select ‘Add New’
•Enter your claimants details
•Use the Calendar to enter dates or
enter manually as DD/MM/YYY
•Click ‘Save’
•Errors will be highlighted when you click
‘Save’
•The claimant will be saved and all of the
relevant multipliers will be available to
view

3. 2 Adding Loss Data
•Onceyournewclaimantisadded,oranexistingclaimantopened,youcan
addallofyourLossDatainoneoftwoways:
•Using the drop down box at the top
•Large buttons at the bottom
Click ‘Back to Schedule’ to always go back to your Claimants Schedule

4. 3 Calculating Past Losses
•Select ‘General Past Losses’ from the home screen.
•You can give your Losses a Title and
add Narrative.
•Add ‘One Off’ Losses
•Modification to Property
•Other specialist items
•Add a ‘Recurring’ Loss
•Payments that happen a number of
times
•Add ‘Narrative’
•You can add narrative to individual
losses and line items
•Always Click ‘Add Loss’ or ‘Add Narrative’
•Losses automatically calculated
•Interest automatically calculated
•All data added to claimant
•Schedule updated
Data is automatically saved once you click ‘Add’ or ‘Calculate’

5. 4 Calculate Future Losses
•Select ‘Future Losses’ from the home
screen
•AswithPastLosses,youcangiveyour
LossesaTitleandaddNarrative.
•Add ‘One Off’ Purchases
•Individual Payments e.g.:
•Modifications to Property
•One-off Surgery
•Add a ‘Recurring’ Purchase
•Capital items that need replacing e.g.:
•Wheelchairs
•Add a ‘Recurring’ Expense
•Physiotherapy
•Prescriptions
•Add ‘Narrative’
•You can add narrative to individual
losses and line items
•Always Click ‘Add Loss’ or ‘Add Narrative’ to ensure your changes are saved.

6. 5 Other Losses
•You can calculate all your other losses in exactly the same way including:
•Past Care Losses
•Variable Lifetime Losses
•Future Loss of Earnings
Using the ‘Action’ Button you can exclude lines from your calculation

7. 5 Other Losses
•You can also:
•Add Pension Losses
•Add Housing Losses
•Change Multipliers
•Add Interim Payments
•Upload & attach documentation
Using the ‘Action’ Button you can exclude lines from your calculation

8. 6 Fatal Claims
•From the home page, select ‘Add Fatal’
•Enter deceased’s and claimants details
•Use the Calendar to enter dates or
enter manually as DD/MM/YYY
•Click ‘Save’
•Errors will be highlighted when you click
‘Save’
•The claimant will be saved and all of the
relevant multipliers will be available to
view
•You can then enter loss details as before.
•Narrative
•General Damages
•Special Damages:
•Past Losses
•Dependency Claims
•Add Interim Payments
•Attached Documents
•Share you Schedule
Click on a Question Mark to see the calculation explained in full.

9. 7 Exporting the Schedule
•Onceyouhaveinputtedallofyourlossdata,youcanexportyourScheduleto
Word.
•Click ‘Export’
•Save your Schedule to your computer
•Schedule is fully editable
•Data remains safely stored online
•YoucanExportyourScheduleinseveraldifferentways:
Client:
•Tableswithclientdetailswithmultipliers&specialinterestrate.
ClientwithExplanations:
•Allmultipliersandinterestratesarefullyexplained.
Calculations:
•Tableswithclientdetailswithmultipliers,specialinterestrateandeach
headoflosscalculation.
CalculationswithExplanations:
•Allmultipliers,interestratesandeachheadoflosscalculationisfully
explained.
Schedule:
•FullSchedulecompletewithanyinputtednarrative.
SchedulewithExplanations:
•Eachcalculationforanyheadoflossfullyexplained.
You can Exportany Loss calculation on its own, with or without explanations

10. 8 Making Changes
•You can easily update and amend your data.
•Within your Claimant, click ‘Edit’
•Amend the details
•Click ‘Save’
•Details are now changed and saved
•IfyouchangetheTrialDateortheLifeExpectancyinformation,allLosses
thatusethisinformationwillbeautomaticallyre-calculated.
•To edit losses, click ‘Action’ on any
of the losses
•Choose ‘Edit’ from the drop down menu
•You can ‘Delete’ losses this way too
•And ‘Exclude’ items from the Schedule
•You can also ‘Move’ items up and down the Schedule to order them however
you want.

11. 9 Home Page & Resources
•TheHomePagecontainsalistofallyourSchedulesaswellasanumberof
QuickCalculators&Resources.Theseareaccessedviathelargebuttonsat
thebottomofthehomepageorviathedropdownmenusatthetop.
•Schedules
•Listed in the order of last edit
•Quick Calculators include:
•Inflation
•Interest
•Age & Duration
•Ogden Calculators
•Tax & NI
•VAT
•Resources Include:
•Ogden Tables –5
th
, 6
th
& 7
th
Edition
•JC (JSB) Guidelines
•ASHE Tables
•All of these can be used to check calculations or to find information at any
time and do not have to relate to an actual Schedule.

12. FAQ’s
IsiteasytogetstartedonpiCalculator?
•Yes.Allyouneedareyourlog-indetailsandaninternetconnectiononyour
PC,laptop,tabletorsmartphone.
HowmuchinputwillmyITdepartmentneedtoinstallpiCalculator?
•None.piCalculatorisbasedonline.Aslongasyouhaveaninternet
connectiononyourPC,laptop,tabletorsmartphoneyoucanaccessthesite.
•Youwillneverbeaskedtodownloadanythingtoyourcomputerornetwork.
•ThesiteisupdatedandmaintainedbyRebmarkLegalSolutionsLtd.
HowsecureispiCalculator?
•Wetakesecurityseriously
•We’rededicatedtoensuringthatalltheinformationyoustorewithusiskept
secureandthatyou’reincontrolofwhocanaccessit.
•WehaveimplementedExtended2048bitSSL-SecureSocketsLayer
encryptiononourwebsite.ThesameGreenhttps://informationyouwillsee
onbanksandonlineshoppingsitesensuringyourdataissecure.
•Yourdata,includinganyuploadeddocuments,isencryptedandstoredon
dedicatedservers,locatedonfacilitiesathttp://www.ukfast.co.uk/our-
datacentres.html.
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WillIneedtraininginhowtousepiCalculator?
•piCalculatorhasbeendesignedtobesimpletouse.Wethinkthatwiththe
helpofthisguideyoushouldbeabletousepiCalculatorwithinminutes.
•Aslongasyouhavetheinformationtoenter,itshouldbeplaintoseehow
andwheretoenteritinordertoproduceyourScheduleofLoss.
•However,ifyoufeelyoucouldstillusesometrainingpleasecontactusand
wecanarrangeawebinartotakeyouthrougheachstep.
HowdoIknowthecalculationsarecorrect?
•Allofourdatatripledcheckedtoensurethatthecorrectfigureshavebeen
used.
•Allofthecalculationsareexplainedindetailsoyoucanseehowthefigure
hasbeenarrivedat.
•piCalculatorhasbeenusedtogeneratethousandsofSchedulesforour
subscribers.