aerial imagery News

EagleView’s Owners Explore Sale of Aerial Imagery Provider

The private equity owners of EagleView Technologies — an aerial imagery and data analytics service widely used by property insurers’ claims departments — are exploring a sale that could value the company at about $2 billion, including debt, according to …

Claims Business: CompScience, EagleView, Schaefer City and GGA

CompScience Now an MGA for Nationwide, Swiss Re CompScience Insurance Services has entered into a managing general agent agreement with Nationwide and Swiss Re to underwrite, bind and service workers’ compensation policies. CompScience, a San Francisco technology company, says its …

EagleView Wins $125M Patent Infringement Award, Sales Halt Against Verisk

A New Jersey jury last week ordered insurance data services firm Verisk to pay $125 million to aerial imaging firm EagleView for lost profits linked to Verisk infringing on various EagleView patents. The jury verdict in the U.S. District Court …

NICB Offers Inside Look at Geospatial Intelligence Center

Last year’s late season three hurricane wallop emphasized the growing use of aerial imagery to assist in assessing hard hit areas. Jim Schweitzer, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the National Insurance Crime Bureau, spoke with Claims Journal …

Best Inspection Program Incorporates Ground, Aerial Imagery

Dorado, Puerto Rico, Feb. 13, 2018–Blue roofs are visible in the town of Villa Santa in the municipality of Dorado. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey While aerial imagery offers the broadest range of images with the highest refresh rates, it isn’t usually at …

A Drone Pilot’s Perspective on Insurance Claims

Drones are proving to be an affordable, scalable solution for conducting aerial inspections. For large businesses looking to conduct adjustments more efficiently, drones are the optimal way to conserve time and money. In 2016, the FAA’s updated regulations granted insurers …

EagleView Leads Formation of Property Drone Consortium

Wash.-based EagleView Technology Corporation, a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions, announced that it is leading the formation of the Property Drone Consortium. Chaired by EagleView CEO Chris Barrow, the consortium represents a collaboration among insurance …

FTC Review Delays Verisk’s $650M EagleView Deal

Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of data to insurers and banks, said its planned $650 million takeover of EagleView Technology Corp. has been delayed amid a review by antitrust regulators. The purchase agreement has been extended to Dec. 31, after …

Aerial Imagery of Georgia Coast Helps With Disaster Preparedness

From overhead, the outline of Fort Pulaski forms a giant ice cream cone, its edges straight and crisp, its moats brimming with blue-green water. The beauty of this image and thousands of others along the coast is an incidental benefit …

EagleView Technologies Acquires Mobise, Inc.

EagleView Technologies, Inc., an aerial imagery technology company, announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Mobise, Inc., a software company focused on bringing desktop workflow to mobile applications. The asset acquisition highlights EagleView’s ongoing mission of providing …