FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., TRENTON, N.J., and NEW YORK, July 8, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Most homeowners and commercial property owners are victimized by their insurance companies when their Sandy claims or property damage claims are unreasonably denied or severely underpaid by thousands of dollars. The Property Ruler™ software was recently featured in Times Square and puts the power back in the hands of the consumer by arming them with information that is not available to them from their insurance companies or publicly available on the World Wide Web.

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"How would you know that you were grossly underpaid by thousands or tens of thousands of dollars by your flood insurance or homeowners insurance company on Superstorm Sandy damage or other property damage? 

How would you learn that you can go back for more money even though you cashed the insurance company's check?

Everyone who purchases homeowners insurance or flood insurance should know the following:

The first payment from the insurance company is an undisputed payment called an interim payment and does not generally limit your rights to go back for more money.  The largest barrier for consumers is the lack of knowledge in determining what they may deserve, how to assess property damage, and realizing they can ask for more claim money even if they cash the interim payment check they are given by their insurance company.  The Property Ruler turns the tables and is the first consumer tool of its kind and diagnoses your claim in minutes so you know if you can go back for more money," said Craig Sienema, VP of Operations for IT Strategies Group.

Upon activating the Property Ruler™, the user is provided a series of questions that require no knowledge of insurance or public adjusting andt take roughly 5 minutes to complete. After selecting the answers for the questions in the Property Ruler™, the user will receive an estimate of what their property damage may be worth so they can pursue this claim directly with their insurer or seek proper representation.

IT Strategies Group, a software company specializing in developing solutions for disaster victims announced the public release of the Property Ruler^TM software to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy and other property damage related events find out how much they are potentially due from insurers.  The Property Ruler ™ was designed from the ground up by the engineering team at IT Strategies Group, most famous for inventing the industry-leading "OilClaim Calculator™" enterprise software that assists victims file BP oil spill claims in a credible and cost effective fashion. IT Strategies Group has helped calculate over 1 billion dollars of claims for the victims of the largest natural disaster in United States history, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, and is here to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy and other property damage related incidents. Whether it is hurricane damage, fire damage, flood damage, earthquake damage, wind damage, hail damage, tornado damage or anything else that Mother Nature throws at your property, we are here to help you get what you deserve!

"The advantage has never been in the consumer's favor.  It's always been a guessing game and each consumer usually accepts what their insurer pays them, not what they may be due.  On the average property insurance claim, the property owner is potentially paid 10 to 20 percent of what they may be due because they do not know any better.  If you have $80,000 in hurricane damage and it costs you $80,000 in flood restoration or water damage repair, you would potentially get a check for ONLY $8,000 from your insurance company.