A continuity rate built for the firms and carriers that route real volume to a small set of DFIR partners. Days 1 to 3 in any calendar month sit at the panel base rate. From day 4 the hourly rate steps down, and keeps stepping down through the month.
Resets on the 1st of every month. No retainers, no commitments, no hidden floors. The ladder rewards consistent placement, not paperwork.
Days are counted by calendar day of active billable work within the current month. Once you reach a tier, every subsequent hour that month is at that tier's rate.
Days 1 / 2 / 3 of work this month.
The standard panel rate. Used for the first three days of any matter in a calendar month, across every engagement you route to us.
From day 4 onwards.
First reduction kicks in on day 4. The new rate applies to every hour from that point until the next tier, or month end.
From day 11 onwards.
Day 11 onwards drops the hourly to a quarter off the panel rate. Material savings for a panel placing steady volume.
From day 21 onwards.
By day 21 of work in a month, the rate is 60% of base. Reserved for panels and carriers placing the bulk of their DFIR with us.
The ladder resets on the 1st of every calendar month. Tier 0 starts fresh. The next ladder begins with the next case you route.
Days are counted across every matter we work for you in a given calendar month. You do not have to commit a minimum, sign a retainer, or pre-pay an envelope. The ladder rewards work that actually happens.
We track the days on our side, surface the tier on each invoice line, and apply the discount automatically.
Panel agreements, insurer empanelment, and broker referrals all qualify.
Cyber and data breach counsel running panels, instructing DFIR routinely on behalf of insured and uninsured clients.
Carriers and MGAs placing cyber claims with empanelled DFIR partners. The Panel Ladder reduces loss adjustment expense as a book matures.
Brokers placing risk with carriers that want a preferred DFIR partner. Referrals into the ladder qualify under the broker's umbrella.
Panels and carriers that route consistent work deserve a structural discount. We would rather pass it on as a real reduction than hide it as an inflated base rate.
The Panel Ladder is, in effect, a published volume rebate, calculated and applied as you go. No claw-back, no clawforward, no annual reconciliation that runs over.
We will share the rate card under NDA, walk you through the empanelment paperwork, and brief you on the Eviction Pledge and how it sits alongside the ladder.