Homeowners Underwriting

Wildfires on the west coast have burned more than 5 million acres in 2020, renewing discussion in climate change's role in this growing peril.

Ripples from the pandemic are reaching homeowners insurers as the new normal transforms the housing market in multiple ways.

Multiple major wildfires have scorched more than 170,000 acres combined in California and Colorado, with some fires showing extraordinary behavior.

The Apple Fire prompted evacuations as it burned a portion of California’s Riverside County where 98 percent of the area was at high or extreme wildfire risk.

Properly managing data is a daunting task when two carriers merge. Virtually every part of the policy lifecycle depends on it getting done right.

The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed new residential construction, and property/casualty insurers are likely to see a similar trend in new business submissions.

ISO has launched a homeowners insurance coverage option for damage to underground utilities, which can be expensive to fix or replace and cause costly damage.

With wildfire activity off to a quick start in 2020, Verisk’s latest FireLine® Risk Reports are now available to provide timely data on wildfire exposure.

Total reconstruction costs, including materials and retail labor, increased 4.8% at the national level in the United States from July 2019 to July 2020.

A new Verisk white paper, U.S. Hail Damage Insights, examines key topics and data for insurers concerning hail, which can cause damage that goes undetected.

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Wildfires threatened communities and forced evacuations in Utah in late June, destroying and damaging properties. Verisk’s FireLine is guiding risk analysis.

As the Bighorn Fire in Arizona grows rapidly near Tucson, Verisk’s FireLine wildfire risk management tool guides analysis of risk factors in the fire area.

Property insurance prefill gets easier with 19 million more addresses added to SmartSource® in 360Value®, Verisk’s replacement cost estimate tool.

OneXperience for personal and commercial lines can transform property inspection workflows with valuation tools, property characteristics, and aerial imagery.