BuildFax Research
National Loss Study: The Billion Dollar Impact of Underestimated Roof Age
This research report takes a look at the the impact of underestimated roof age and how relying on assumed accuracy is costing the insurance industry billions each year.
Research Report: Permits Predict Property Maintenance
This research report takes a look at the use of building permits to predict property maintenance and overall property condition in an effort to help carriers better manage risks.
The Numbers Behind Winning Roof Risk Strategies Series, Part 3: The Value of Accurate Roof Age in Claims
This research report takes a look at how using inaccurate, underestimated roof age in claims could be costing carriers $4 per policy, per year, across their entire book of business.
The Numbers Behind Winning Roof Risk Strategies Series, Part 2: The Value of Accurate Roof Age in Underwriting
This research report sets out to quantify how much inaccurate roof age in underwriting costs carriers in three common roof risk strategies: ACV, product development, and rating.
The Numbers Behind Winning Roof Risk Strategies Series, Part 1: Homeowner-Supplied Roof Age is Disastrously Wrong
This research report uses some common sense and a little math to examine the accuracy of homeowner-supplied roof age compared to building permit derived roof age.
White Paper: The Evolution of the Roof Risk
This research report discusses four-step path carriers have followed to solve the roof problem, along with key takeaways for carriers seeking to address their own exposure to uncompensated roof risk.
BuildFax Webinars
The Commercial Edition - Permits Predict Property Maintenance
BuildFax CEO and Founder Holly Tachovsky and BuildFax CTO and Founder Joe Emison take a look at characterizing commercial properties through building permits, as well as 4 factors to help improve the underwriting and inspection process.
The New, Data-Driven Reinspection Strategy
BuildFax CEO and Founder Holly Tachovsky and BuildFax CTO and Founder Joe Emison discuss using new data sources to identify and address both condition risk and underinsurance risk for residential and commercial properties.
The Billion Dollar Impact of Underestimated Roof Age
BuildFax CEO and Founder Holly Tachovsky and BuildFax CTO and Founder Joe Emison take an in-depth look at the impact of underestimated roof age and how relying on assumed accuracy is costing the industry\ billions.
Permits Predict Property Maintenance
BuildFax CEO and Founder Holly Tachovsky and BuildFax CTO and Founder Joe Emison give an industry-first, inside look at using building permits to predict property maintenance and overall property conditi\ on.
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The Numbers Behind Winning Roof Risk Strategies in Claims
BuildFax CEO and Founder Holly Tachovsky and BuildFax CTO and Founder Joe Emison discuss the latest research on the roof risk problem in claims.
Press
>Recent
- Apr 21, 2016
- BuildFax Reveals The Top 20 US Cities For Commercial Remodeling (PRWEB)
- Mar 4, 2016
- BuildFax Reveals the Top 20 US Cities for Residential Remodeling (PRWEB)
- Aug 26, 2015
- BuildFax Construction Database Expands to Reach Over 8 Trillion Dollars in Job Costs (PRWEB)
- July 16, 2015
- BuildFax Contributes Data to Help Launch the First Open Data Standard to Promote More Accessible and Usable Building Permit Information (PRWEB)
- Apr 14, 2015
- CRES Insurance Services, BuildFax Partner to Offer Building Permit History Reports to Real Estate Professionals (myRealtyTimes)
Older
- Nov 13, 2014
- On Fudging the Age of Your Roof (Bankrate)
- Oct 3, 2014
- A National Loss Study: The Billion Dollar Impact of Underestimated Roof Age (Claims Journal)
- Aug 19, 2014
- BuildFax Remodeling Index Reboot (Press Release)
- Aug 11, 2014
- Permits Predict Property Maintenance (Claims Journal)
- Feb 19, 2014
- Remodeling, Home Equity Lending Rise (MortgageLoan.com)
- Feb 3, 2014
- Americans Boost Spending on Remodeling (Wall Street Journal)
- Nov 25, 2013
- Faucets at $1,000 Abound as Home Equity Spigot Opens: Mortgages (Bloomberg)
- Nov 19, 2013
- Remodeling? Now You Can Snoop Inside Your Neighbors' Kitchen (CNBC)
- Oct 31, 2013
- Part One: The Value of Accurate Roof Age in Underwriting (Claims Journal)
- Oct 15, 2013
- 3 Pitfalls of ACV (Claims Journal)
- Sept 30, 2013
- Play roof Risk: The Game of Best & Worst Practices in Handling Roof Risk (Claims Journal)
- Aug 29, 2013
- Part 2: Top 4 Up-And-Coming Trends in Solving the Roof Risk Problem (Claims Journal)
- Aug 28, 2013
- Part 1: Top 4 Current Trends in Solving the Roof Risk Problem (Claims Journal)
- Aug 22, 2013
- Part One: Homeowner-Supplied Roof Age is Disastrously Wrong (Claims Journal)
- Aug 19, 2013
- BuildFax Chosen by Aite Group as a Top 10 Startup "Transforming P&C Claims" (Press Release)
- May 6, 2013
- Evolution of the Roof Risk Part 3: Fixing the Solution (Claims Journal)
- Apr 29, 2013
- Evolution of the Roof Risk Part 2: Best Practices in Solving the Roof Problem (Claims Journal)
- Apr 22, 2013
- Building Updates: Aging HVAC and Roofing Systems (Insurance Journal)
- Apr 22, 2013
- Research Report Tackles Biggest Problem in Homeowners Insurance: Roof Risk (Press Release)
- Apr 22, 2013
- Evolution of the Roof Risk Part 1: the Roof Problem (Claims Journal)
- Jan 30, 2013
- MSB and BuildFax Expand Strategic Partnership in Homeowners Insurance (Press Release)
- Nov 21, 2012
- BuildFax Remodeling Index drops 12 percent in September (HousingZone)
- Nov 14, 2012
- LexisNexis, BuildFax Collaborate to Expand Homeowners Insurance Information (Insurance Journal)