Drone Inspections Gain Ground as Insurers Push for Fewer Claims Touches
Improved imagery, broader acceptance and pressure to handle more claims with fewer adjusters are making drones an increasingly routine part of property inspections.
Improved imagery, broader acceptance and pressure to handle more claims with fewer adjusters are making drones an increasingly routine part of property inspections.
Mutual of Wausau alleges a thermostat and thermal protection failure in an Amazon Basics coffee maker caused a Wisconsin house fire, prompting a $301,936 subrogation action against Amazon.
Bring structure to complex commercial claims. Improve cycle time, control indemnity and deliver consistent outcomes at scale.
Sedgwick’s 2026 loss adjusting outlook points to retiring adjusters, fragmented AI systems, complex infrastructure losses, catastrophe volatility and rising valuation disputes as major pressures on property claims organizations.
Florida’s uninsured motorist rate has climbed above 20%, while the state continues to require just $10,000 in PIP and property damage coverage. In Miami-Dade, more than 13,000 hit-and-run crashes in 2025 show how quickly those coverage gaps can become claims problems.
A Triple-I and Guidewire HazardHub case study found substantial differences in wildfire exposure among properties within the same California ZIP codes, suggesting parcel-level modeling could provide a more precise view of risk and mitigation.
Greenville homeowners saw insurance costs rise 15.8% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, as hail losses, higher rebuilding costs and broader insurance-market pressures reached South Carolina’s Upstate.
Integrate our service provider database into your third-party applications and websites. Search over 4.7 million service providers across the United States.
Tracking 583 alerts across 377 counties in 25 states Updated 10/6 5:17 PM EST
Back-to-back seasons often put a second storm on a house before the first repair is done. How to separate the two claims so the same damage is not paid twice and the new damage is not denied as old.
A flat $1,000 deductible is no longer the number on a growing share of policies, including policies well inland. How percentage wind and named-storm deductibles are calculated, why the trigger language decides whether they apply, and what to say when the deductible exceeds the repair.
After a long dry spell, brick cracks and doors stick, and the homeowner reports a claim. Four causes produce the same cracks. How to separate drought shrinkage from a slab leak, and which answers the policy will pay.