Authors of the 2019 LexisNexis Home Trends Report examine trends by peril and developments in underwriting, claims, expense management, technology and other factors important to homeowners writers.
Non-weather-related water damage patterns vary by region, as do claims from theft.
In order to gain greater access to homeowners' data, insurers must offer insureds benefits such as loss mitigation.
Homeowners can be skeptical of insurers' efforts to collect data, but are more receptive when insurers return the fruits of that data as actionable information.
New types of data, including aerial photography and activity data, are giving insurers a more complete view of risk.
Sensors and the data they provide will allow insurers to expand their coverage of less-occupied structures, and spark ideas for new coverage and loss mitigation opportunities.