California-based insurtech firm, BetterView, which uses drones to capture and analyse data for the insurance industry, claims to have carried out more than 6,000 roof-top inspections in two years ago since it launched. BetterView's drones, which can complete an inspection in around 20 minutes, also offer 3D models, digital elevation maps, thermal imagery, flood risk assessments and measure wildfire defence spaces. COO David Tobias said that while automation gains have been made in the underwriting field, insurance assessors often still had to rely on "archaic inspection processes", ranging from drive-by inspections to renting cherry pickers.
California-based insurtech firm, BetterView, which uses drones to capture and analyse data for the insurance industry, claims to have carried out more than 6,000 roof-top inspections in the two years since it launched. BetterView's drones, which can complete an inspection in around 20 minutes, also offer 3D models, digital elevation maps, thermal imagery, flood risk assessments and measure wildfire defence spaces. COO David Tobias said that while automation gains have been made in the underwriting field, insurance assessors often still had to rely on "archaic inspection processes", ranging from drive-by inspections to renting cherry pickers.