TrustLayer Teams with Building Partnerships TrustLayer, a San Francisco-based insurtech startup, announced that it has formed a partnership with Building Partnerships to distribute a technology that verifies certificates of insurance and other business documents. TrustLayer said the Builder Partnerships network …
BuildFax, a provider of property condition and history insights for the largest insurance and financial institutions, released a report on remodeling trends following Hurricane Irma that could impact this year’s annual catastrophe reinsurance negotiations for Florida carriers. Following more than …
“I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal.” – Ron Burgundy, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Houses are getting older; the median age of a home in the U.S. is steadily increasing, with …
More than half of all homes in the United States are at least 40 years old. And, we all know that many older homes are not properly maintained. We know from scientific research that significant home maintenance is required throughout …
Relying on self-reported roof age to make underwriting and claims decisions has left carriers with unreliable data built into the claims process. As we covered in the first two research papers in this series, most homeowners do not know the …
Accurate Roof Age Is Hard, But So What? This paper sets out to quantify how much inaccurate roof age costs carriers—after all, if the cost of inaccurate roof age is low, then the value of accurate roof age is also …
Avoid these three traps to maximize the success of your roof risk strategy. From carriers to agents, inspectors to vendors, BuildFax conducted interviews with numerous insurance professionals to identify the number one trend in the roof risk problem ─ ACV. …
As a carrier dealing with the roof risk problem, are you ready to put your roof risk strategy to the test? BuildFax presents roof Risk, where carriers see how their current strategies measure up to current best and worst practices …
In part 1, we described the current trends in solving the roof risk problem. Part 2, covered today, lists the trends ahead facing insurance and reinsurance carriers alike in their journey to tackle the roof risk problem. BuildFax interviewed carriers …
Everyone is talking about the roof risk problem. It is the hot topic among both insurance and reinsurance carriers, as well as vendors. BuildFax conducted interviews with industry experts ─ from the C-suite to actuaries, underwriters to adjusters, to inspectors …