August 2018 - Insurers are using aerial imagery and drones for post-catastrophe damage assessment, property inspection, and underwriting. Technology providers offer a range of solutions, including hardware, drone operators, software and analytics, as well as support and training.

The advent of the IoT, big data, and artificial intelligence (including machine vision) has only increased the amount—and the accuracy—of data available from aerial imagery. This brief discusses current insurance use cases for drones, regulation impacting this technology, and over 15 drone solution providers.