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Denied insurance claims are now a revenue stream for roofing contractors

Every storm-market roofer has a folder of dead files: legitimate hail and wind claims the carrier denied outright or scoped so short the job never penciled. The standard play has always been to shrug and move to the next door. That folder is worth money now.

The problem with denied claims has never been the damage

It is the handoff. A contractor cannot legally negotiate the claim, and telling the homeowner "call a public adjuster" almost never converts. The homeowner does not know who to trust, the documentation lives in your job file, and the whole thing dies in the gap between your inspection and a licensed professional actually seeing the claim.

Claim Rescue closes the handoff gap

RoofMetric's Claim Rescue turns the referral into one click from the customer profile:

• The claim package builds itself from the file you already keep: the carrier's estimate line items, your estimate, and the damage photos.
• The homeowner approves the referral by email before anything is shared. Consent first, always.
• Licensed public adjusters and appraisers review the claim with the homeowner's identity shielded, then decide whether to take it on.
• When one commits, the full customer file transfers instantly and you are paid a cash referral reward through your connected Stripe account. Money in your bank, not points on a dashboard.

Why this beats letting the file die

The direct payout is the obvious part. The bigger number is what happens after: a claim that gets re-opened and paid is a roof that gets funded, and the homeowner's first call goes to the contractor who rescued the claim. You also stay clean on licensing, because the dispute is handled by someone licensed to handle it, with a consent trail at every step.

What it costs

Nothing. The claims professional pays to take the referral on; the contractor and homeowner pay zero. Claim Rescue is included in every RoofMetric plan alongside the measurement, estimating, and CRM tools.