Roof | Verisk

10/29/2024 - 2 min read

Quarterly Reconstruction Cost Growth Slows as Lumber Declines

Total reconstruction costs, including materials and retail labor, continue to increase nationwide.

8/12/2024 - 2 min read

Quarterly Reconstruction Cost Growth Accelerates

Total reconstruction costs, including materials and retail labor, continue to increase nationwide.

8/22/2023 - 3 min read

Hurricanes: The current threat and the future warning signals

As climate change unfolds, hurricanes give a high-profile glimpse into the potential effects of a warming world.

5/30/2023 - 3 min read

Wildfire: Insurers and communities adapt to an ever-growing threat

Wildfires have moved rapidly to the fore as an exposure for insurers to understand and manage in states at high risk for this peril.

4/6/2023 - 2 min read

Severe thunderstorms and hail: Concentrated events that pack a punch

Severe thunderstorms are a common natural phenomenon in the US, causing more than half of annual reported insured losses since 1985.

7/15/2022 - 2 min read

Taking a data-driven view of evolving Florida roof risk

Florida’s statutory environment surrounding coverage for roofs may demand more robust data to clarify risk amid increasing complexity.

7/8/2022 - 3 min read

Tree analytics: Finding the path through a forest of property risk

Billions of trees on residential properties are a challenge to homeowners insurers, but aerial imagery and analytics can help underwriters.

6/13/2022 - 4 min read

Mastering the many aspects of roof condition with multisource data

Homeowners insurers may struggle to capture roof condition, but imagery analytics can help assess risk and opportunities for mitigation.

5/18/2022 - 3 min read

Hail in Southern California: Making sense of hail’s changing geography

Hail is spreading out into new regions of the country that aren’t traditionally exposed to hail risk.

5/17/2022 - 2 min read

Capturing the flavors of roof risk with reliable data

Multiple homeowners insurers sought solutions to challenges around roof risk, and Verisk has created case studies to follow their journeys.

4/27/2022 - 2 min read

Three renovation trends that are important for insurers to monitor

By uncovering property change events during the policy life cycle, insurers can better understand their book of business.

4/5/2022 - 4 min read

Shining a light on solar panels and homeowners insurance

Demand for green power brings risk considerations for homeowners insurers, as solar panels can sustain storm damage and pose fire hazards.

3/28/2022 - 2 min read

Four things insurers need to know about 2021's hailstorms

More than 6.8 million properties were affected by one or more damaging hailstorms, a nearly 10 percent increase from 2020

3/22/2022 - 4 min read

Navigating Florida’s complex market with extensive, current roof data

Homeowners insurers and their customers in Florida are navigating a turbulent market, and roof coverage figures prominently in the turmoil.

3/2/2022 - 3 min read

Automating more homeowners quotes via efficient, reliable underwriting

Automated underwriting can help homeowners insurers be thorough, consistent, and fast with timely, actionable data and analytics.