Betterview Partners with Loss Control 360 to Integrate On-Demand Drone Imagery & Data into their Loss Control 360 Carrier Platform

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Betterview Partners with Loss Control 360 to Integrate On-Demand Drone Imagery & Data into their Loss Control 360 Carrier Platform

San Francisco, Calif., May 8, 2017 – Betterview, one of the leading platforms & service providers for capturing and analyzing data from drones, has announced it has partnered with Loss Control 360 (LC360) to enable LC360 users to order and retrieve Betterview aerial reports through its carrier inspection platform.

LC360 Carrier is a customizable loss control software platform that can be tailored to the specific needs of personal & commercial lines carriers. LC360 can automate every aspect of the loss control workflow allowing insurers to collect information, analyze data and mitigate risk quickly and easily.

“Loss control has always been a manually intensive process from the initial site inspection to the submission of the final report,” explained David Tobias, Co- Founder & COO, Betterview. “As digital technologies have streamlined underwriting and claims operations, loss control inspectors are still relegated to collecting and managing data through manual processes, such as: drive-by inspections, climbing up ladders and inspecting roofs or manually typing notes and uploading images into various Word documents,” said Tobias.

With Loss Control 360, inspection requests created by underwriting can be routed to the appropriate vendor or in-house inspector automatically. The inspector can then use the web based application or offline-capable tablet app to fill out standardized inspection forms, take photos and make recommendations. Once complete, the inspector can sync field results, and complete the survey through an intuitive web interface.

“Our mission is to build custom loss control solutions to help insurance carriers streamline their workflow,” said Rob Mikulec, COO, LC360. “Instead of requiring our users to log into the Betterview platform, then type in the same policy information again, users can now request this information through the LC360 Carrier platform and automatically have drone inspection images and data inserted into their reports,” explained Mikulec.

Betterview’s drone inspections capture an average of 350 roof and property images in approximately 20 minutes or less. Once the images are captured, deep learning and computer vision systems, aided by roofing and construction experts, analyze the photos and tag 87 common issue types. Betterview then generates and delivers a summary report of property and building data (10–20 photos per building) as a PDF to be stored in the insurance carrier’s document management system for compliance purposes.

“Insurance is a data-intensive business and the volume of structured and unstructured data is increasing,” said David Lyman, Co-Founder & CEO of Betterview. “While drones provide a plethora of useful information, one of the first lessons we learned from our insurance clients was that they wanted us to capture, analyze and manage this data for them. As more and more insurers move from concept to real production use with drones, partnering with third party solution providers will allow for the seamless integration of data and imagery into workflows, while also eliminating the need for IT to take on another costly long term project,” explained Lyman.

For more information about this partnership, please contact sales@better.vu or contact Eric Braun, VP of Sales, LC360 at ericb@utilant.com

About Betterview

Betterview, founded in late 2014, is one of the leading software platforms and service providers for capturing and analyzing data from drones. Betterview, with its network of 4,400+ drone operators worldwide, has inspected over 2,200 properties covering 235M square feet of rooftops for over 70 customers in insurance, real estate, enterprise and construction. Betterview replaces what was once a manual, error prone, expensive and dangerous inspection process by using drones and software to capture a comprehensive set of aerial building imagery, data and expert analysis. For more information, visit: https://www.betterview.net

About Loss Control 360

Loss Control 360 is one of the leading providers of property and casualty insurance loss control software. With a long history of building custom and off the shelf loss control solutions, we currently service a significant portion of the vendor inspection company market and many of the most respected insurance carriers including PHLY, Chubb, Nationwide, The Hartford, Lumbermen’s, Aviva, and FCCI just to name a few. Our friendly consultative approach allows us to partner with you and work together on a custom tailored solution, deployed on time and within budget. All support and development is conducted from our Buffalo, New York headquarters. To find out more, visit: http://www.losscontrol360.com/