Technology like Nearmap’s allows insurers to receive data on damage faster — and pay out claims more quickly. (Credit: Artranq/Adobe Stock)
Hours after last year’s hurricanes and this year’s LA wildfires, Nearmap had planes in the air surveying the damage.
The images captured showed destroyed buildings and ripped-up roofs. Out of 7,546,481 properties analyzed following the hurricanes, 484,107 had some level of damage, while 98,443 had major damage, and 5,193 properties were destroyed. In LA, of the 41,116 buildings analyzed, 12,574 had major damage or were destroyed.
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Corey Dahl
Corey Dahl is assistant editor with PropertyCasualty360.com. Reach her at [email protected].
