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UNDERWRITING EFFICIENCY CALCULATOR

How much assessment time could your lending team save?

Built for banks, non-bank lenders and lending teams.

Explore the effect of fewer manual reviews or shorter assessments. Use your application volumes, review times and staff costs to estimate the hours and capacity your team could free up. Instant scenario estimate. No contact details required.

Estimate the capacity behind your manual assessments

Start with the work your team does today, then explore fewer reviews or less time per assessment. See the potential hours freed and what that capacity could be worth.

Illustrative starting values — update for your portfolio.

Your business today

Figures you supply about your current manual-assessment workload.

Explore faster assessments with Carrington Labs models

See what fewer or shorter manual assessments could mean for your team.

Illustrative scenarios. Choose one improvement mode at a time to avoid double-counting. Validate the potential improvement with a backtest or PoC.

Manual-assessment hours freed per month

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Equivalent staff capacity—FTE

Capacity freed — this is time, not an automatic payroll saving.

Capacity

  • Baseline manual assessments—
  • Assessments avoided—
  • Minutes saved per assessment—
  • Estimated capacity value—

If freed time is converted to cash

  • Assumed realisable cash savings—
  • Estimated model enquiry cost—
  • Indicative cash benefit after enquiry costs—

Time freed creates capacity. It becomes a cash saving only where expenditure is reduced or avoided.

Enquiry cost uses a configurable starting rate of US$3 per enquiry; actual pricing may vary.

Share your figures with our team to discuss an assessment, backtest or PoC.

Validate this scenario

Take your estimate further

The calculator shows what an improvement could be worth. A detailed assessment helps identify which assumptions matter most, what relevant data is available and how we could test the opportunity against your current approach.

What happens next

  1. We review the scenario and business figures you submit.
  2. We clarify the product, portfolio segment and outcomes you want to assess.
  3. We identify a suitable scope for a backtest or proof of concept.

Share your scenario and a little more about your portfolio. Our team will review the request and discuss the next step. This does not generate an automatic report.

Add more context (optional)

Capacity value is the worth of freed time — not an automatic cash saving.

How is this calculated?

Find out where your team could get time back

A detailed assessment helps identify the tasks, information gaps and workflow steps behind the estimate, and where Carrington Labs outputs could support a more efficient process.

What happens next

  1. We review your assessment volumes and time assumptions.
  2. We identify the tasks and systems involved.
  3. We agree how a workflow assessment or PoC could measure the opportunity.

Share your scenario and a little more about your workflow. Our team will review the request and discuss the next step.

Time saved can create capacity before it creates cash savings

Freeing up assessment time may help your team handle more applications, focus on exceptions or reduce the need for additional hiring.

Your current workload

Application volumes, manual-review rates and assessment times establish the baseline hours.

The improvement you explore

Model fewer manual assessments or shorter reviews. Each scenario shows a different way to free capacity.

How the capacity is used

Separate the value of staff time from the share expected to become an actual reduction in expenditure.

How is the estimate calculated?

The calculator estimates manual-assessment hours from application volume, the percentage manually reviewed and average review time.

It then applies your assumed reduction in review volume or time. Hours freed are multiplied by fully loaded hourly staff cost to estimate capacity value.

Only the proportion you expect to realise as cash savings is treated as a financial saving. Model enquiry costs are shown separately where included.

Give your team clearer information for assessment

Carrington Labs provides risk signals and interpretable financial insights for use within existing lending workflows.

Make financial information more usable

Provide relevant borrower metrics and insights aligned with the calculations your scorecards and policies require.

Support focused reviews

Use risk evidence and explanatory drivers to inform referral and assessment workflows.

Fit into existing systems

Deliver outputs through API or batch while your team retains control over policy and decisions.

Scope quickly. Get an initial assessment in 48 hours.

Identify where the opportunity may sit and how to measure it. We review the agreed workflow information and relevant data, then outline the initial findings and a suitable validation approach.

  1. 1

    Agree the workflow

    Choose the assessment task, population and outcome to examine.

  2. 2

    Review the baseline

    Confirm review volumes, timing, staff involvement and relevant systems.

  3. 3

    Assess the opportunity

    Identify where CL outputs could support the workflow and what needs testing.

  4. 4

    Agree the measurement plan

    Define how a trial would compare review times, volumes and quality.

The 48-hour turnaround starts once Carrington Labs confirms the agreed scope and that the required information is complete and ready for assessment. Initial findings do not establish realised time savings; those may require a workflow trial.

Measure the workflow impact

A scoped workflow PoC can assess whether the proposed changes reduce assessment effort while meeting the agreed quality requirements. Deliverables and timing are agreed during scoping. Initial assessment findings and measured trial results are separate milestones.

  1. A defined baseline and measurement approach.

  2. Comparison of relevant review times or volumes.

  3. Findings on how CL outputs fit the workflow.

  4. Capacity and financial implications under stated assumptions.

  5. Limitations and recommended next steps.

Frequently asked questions

What does this calculator measure?
It estimates potential changes in manual-assessment hours, equivalent staff capacity and the value of that time.
Are hours freed the same as cash savings?
No. Staff may use that time for other work. Cash savings arise only where expenditure is reduced or avoided.
Should we model fewer reviews or shorter reviews?
Choose the scenario that best reflects the proposed change. The calculator treats them separately to avoid counting the same benefit twice.
Does Carrington Labs automate our entire underwriting process?
Carrington Labs supplies risk analytics and financial insights that can support existing workflows. The scope of any efficiency improvement depends on the tasks, systems and implementation.
How do we validate time savings?
Agree a baseline and compare the relevant tasks or review volumes during a workflow trial, including assessment quality.
What is available within 48 hours?
Initial findings for the agreed assessment scope once the required information is confirmed ready. Measuring realised workflow savings may require a longer trial.

What could your team do with more assessment capacity?

Explore the time-saving scenario, then work with Carrington Labs to assess where the opportunity sits.