Insurance

Insurance companies all over the world are beginning to try out unmanned aerial vehicles to speed up the damage claim process, especially in the case of natural disasters. In just a few years, when a disaster occurs, unmanned mobile units will be the first ones to arrive to the site to assess damage to property and goods, and the damage claim will be dealt with within hours or days, instead of weeks or months, as is the case at present. But this does not only apply to the occurrence of natural or great disasters, but also to day-to-day damage assessment carried out by insurance companies. Fires in buildings or industrial plants or damage caused by torrential rains in roofs and crop fields are just two examples in which drones can significantly speed up the process of damage assessment. 

Benefits

• Accurate aerial assessment of inventory: this includes inventory of buildings, machinery, vehicles and infrastructure. An aerial perspective gives the owner of the assets, or the insurance company the ability to appropriately assess the insured assets.

• Rapid assistance in damage assessment: an aerial perspective after an event allow insurance companies to make a visual comparison between the initial photographic or video inventory and the post-accident inventory. This comparison speeds up and enriches the details of the damage assessment process, especially in large-scale damage of insured infrastructure.