Insurance Adjusters Utilize Custom Maps to Verify Claims After a Storm

March 15, 2010 - PRLog -- Media Contact: Cara Van Dijk
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Insurance Adjusters Utilize Custom Maps to Verify Claims After a Storm
Palm Desert, Calif., (March 15, 2010) – An innovative weather company is helping insurance claims adjusters verify dates and locations of possible damage after severe weather strikes.  The HailWatch and StormSWATH line of products, developed by AnythingWeather Communications, Inc. TM (AW), can help root-out fraudulent claims while expediting legitimate ones, improving customer service and the bottom line. AW provides clients throughout the U.S. with an array of critical weather-tracking information and marketing strategies that help insurance companies stay efficient.

“Insurance companies utilize HailWatch to see the estimated size of hail reported at or near a claimant’s address,” says AW President and lead Meteorologist Gregg Potter. “It’s good economics to make sure every claim is legitimate, and to process legitimate claims quickly.”

AW’s HailWatch™ service alerts insurance clients immediately through mobile devices and e-mail. After the storm, clients can receive the storm-specific StormSWATH™ interactive Google Map™ that shows street-level detail of the areas hit hardest by the severe weather.  Insurance companies frequently give AW a specific claimant’s address, and AW plots that address on the StormSWATH Map.  The StormSWATH reports identify the specific locations where hail, wind, tornadoes or even flooding have occurred based on radar analysis and ground reports of each storm.

Often, claims come in for damage six months to a year after a storm. AW’s HailARCHIVETM, an extensive database that includes the National Weather Service reports from the past 50 years, gives insurance companies all the storm data necessary to verify the claim.

“With our full suite of weather data services, we are a one-stop weather resource for insurance companies,” said Potter. “They no longer have to hunt down weather data when severe weather generates claims. We swiftly put information at claims adjusters’ fingertips, in an easy-to-read format.”

For more information about HailWatch, visit www.HailWatch.com. For more information about the myriad of services provided by AnythingWeather, go to www.AnythingWeather.com or call 800-845-0383.

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About AnythingWeather:  AW President and CEO Gregg Potter is a degreed meteorologist with 15 years of experience in the private weather industry. AW continues to offer the most innovative and creative custom services and products for many industries across the country. Potter and Bill Combes, V.P. of Sales and Marketing, will be available at AnythingWeather’s booth (# 953) at the Property Loss Research Bureau/Liability Insurance Research Bureau (PLRB/LIRB) Conference in San Antonio, TX, March 21-24, 2010.   For more information visit HailWatch.com or AnythingWeather.com, or call 1-800-845-0383 or email AW at info@anythingweather.com.

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Since 1995, the HailWatch™ family of services has provided storm reports, HailSWATH analysis and storm reporting services to roofers, insurance companies, adjusters, paintless dent repair and contractors.