Drone and Aerial Imagery Key in the Wake of 2018 Natural Disasters

January 31, 2019

According to the Insurance Journal, drones and aerial imagery have become very important to the insurance industry as a result of natural catastrophes, particularly in the southeast region of the U.S. Drones allowed insurers to capture the impact of our most recent hurricanes and immediately get to work as claims poured in.

The use of drone imagery of the impacted hurricane areas increased by eight times between mid-August and mid-October 2018 compared with the same period in 2017.

It has become an integral part of claim handlers’ workflow along with the other processes that are already in place.

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