The new platform allows insurers to personalize communications with their policyholders with unique real-time, ground-level weather data – ensuring that claims are accurate and thus, decreasing the turnaround time on claims resolution. Weather prediction and analytics start - up Understory is to launch its messaging platform for insurers . The service is designed to help insurance companies better communicate with policyholders over weather - related insurance claims helping to mitigate risks resulting from severe weather and improve the turnaround time on claims resolution . The platform provides unique real - time , ground level weather data which can be integrated within the ’ existing digital strategies or deployed as a standalone app . Severe weather , which is increasing , already costs US insurers billions of dollars each year according to John Kunicek , CEO of Understory , a problem the start - up hopes to help mitigate with proven data that can help anticipate future events and immediately assess and report on weather - related property damage .
Weather prediction and analytics start - up Understory is to launch its messaging platform for insurers . The service is designed to help insurance companies better communicate with policyholders over weather - related insurance claims helping to mitigate risks resulting from severe weather and improve the turnaround time on claims resolution . The platform provides unique real - time , ground level weather data which can be integrated within the ’ existing digital strategies or deployed as a standalone app . Severe weather , which is increasing , already costs US insurers billions of dollars each year according to John Kunicek , CEO of Understory , a problem the start - up hopes to help mitigate with proven data that can help anticipate future events and immediately assess and report on weather - related property damage .