Armed with accurate roof age data, insurers can help homeowners take proactive risk mitigation measures, such as repairing or replacing a damaged roof before hurricane season begins. Insurers may also use roof age to inform crucial policy decisions, such as whether to deliver actual cash value (ACV) or replacement cash value (RCV) following a claim. (Photo: Arenacreative/iStockphoto.com)
For P&C insurers, knowledge is power. The more you know about a property's current and historical condition, the better equipped you are to make decisions at every stage of the policy lifecycle. One current significant gap in this knowledge is roof age.
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