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Dave Tobias

David Tobias serves as the General Manager of Insurance at Nearmap. Previously, he co-founded Betterview, the leading Property Intelligence Platform for P&C insurers, which was acquired by Nearmap in December 2023. David plays a pivotal role in driving the insurance market strategy for the Betterview Platform, enabling insurers to effectively identify and mitigate risk, enhance operational and inspection efficiency, and build a more transparent customer experience throughout the policy lifecycle. Before founding Betterview, David was instrumental in scaling Research Specialist Incorporated, an insurance loss control company. Under his leadership, the company expanded to conduct over 30,000 inspections annually with a network of more than 500 inspectors across the United States. Research Specialist Incorporated was later acquired by CCG. A veteran of the insurance industry and property inspection business, Tobias is focused on finding actionable, usable solutions to insurance-specific problems.

AI from Betterview by Nearmap

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How AI Can Keep P&C Insurers Profitable

How can P&C insurers remain profitable in 2024?

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From Imagery to Insights to Answers

What does the Nearmap acquisition of Betterview mean for the insurance industry?

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More accurate property intelligence, AI, and imagery

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Nearmap & Betterview: Investing in the Future of Property Insurance

The insurance industry, and the technology that supports it, have seen significant change over the last few years. New technology continues to come...

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Discussing P&C Challenges with Betterview by Nearmap

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P&C Challenges: A Conversation with Insurance Leaders

What are the key trends challenging P&C insurers in 2024?

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Tackle P&C Rating in 2024

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How to Tackle P&C Rating in 2024

How can insurers rate more effectively when property condition across the US is changing more frequently than ever? This is a significant challenge ...

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Optimize Roof Inspections, Manage Property Risk, Automate Underwriting

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How Property Intelligence Optimizes Property Inspections

P&C insurance companies are always looking for ways to improve their expense ratio, especially during unpredictable economic times. This means...

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Betterview: The Pathway to Property Innovation and Transformation

AM Best, one of the world’s leading credit agencies for over a century, releases a rating of global insurance carriers each year. In the past this...

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Changing the Property Insurance Paradigm One Roof at a Time

Insurers are in the business to pay claims when they happen. Insureds expect insurers to make good on that promise. Historically this has led to a ...

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Betterview Helps P&C Insurers Respond Quickly and Safely to Hurricane Claims without Putting “Boots on the Ground”

This record-breaking 2020 hurricane season doesn’t end officially until November 30th. From January through the end of September, the US has...

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The Advantages of Virtualization During Pandemic

Making successful, long-term business decisions is largely a matter of reading trends, knowing how market demand is changing, understanding what...

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Build vs. Buy for Property Analytics: 5 Reasons to Partner Externally

One of the big insurance technology questions of the last couple of decades has been “build vs. buy” with regard to core systems. That question was...

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Betterview: A Partner Not a Rival to Internal Data Scientists 

Theoretically, internal data science teams could build what providers offer, but Nationwide’s experience with Betterview shows how a partnership...

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