Feinberg promised that eligible individuals who submitaclaim would get a check in 48 hours and eligible business claims would be paid in no more than seven days.
It was surely with this in mind that Russia, in 2001 the first country to submita continental-shelf claim, made a bid to extend its rights in both the Pacific and the Arctic oceans.
Rather than identify every last penny of loss and where to allocate it, the severely cash-strapped can submit an initial estimate and receive an interest-free advancement on a property loss claim.