Drones and pattern recognition software will handle all hail claims. Tipstein said so in a video on YouTube. They one he did with the Allstate dude.
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Drones can't take the place of an actual physical inspection for less than obvious hail damage to a shingled (comp or wood) roof....but then again, many of my claim rep colleagues have no clue what real (other than obvious) hail damage is......they'll just pay to avoid the fight and get the claim closed....plus our TM won't have their back if the customer complains....the good TMs and claim reps that do know what real hail damage is...they're all retiring and/or opted out.
If someone can develop UAV imagery software that can accurately identify less than obvious hail damage, they will be a very rich person.
Until then, get off your a$$ and out of your AC'd vehicle and set up your ladder and pay what we owe...no more, no less...and wait for the next round of staffing cuts.
This is a non-issue given the direction the company is taking with Proximity. On 7/31 we will go down from +/- 8000 to 5000. The trainer for our area is gone because there will be no need to train people who won't be here. Things like drones will be used by the 3rd party vendor the company may use, or the company may just ask people how much they want and is it enough?
They've been pu--y footing with this idea for at least half a decade and are still dragging a-- in the typical State Farm fashion. Meanwhile less timid insurance companies have been using drones for inspections for years now.
State Farm advances technology like old people f---.
Will they handle frozen pipe and all water losses as well?