by Admin | Apr 29, 2019 | General Information, Natural Disasters
If you’ve wondered what natural disasters have occurred in the U.S. and where they occurred, ADT provides an interactive map that can show you the answers. The number and type of occurrence are available by county or by state. The states are color-coded to show which...
by Admin | Apr 9, 2019 | General Information, Residential
New home sizes decreased for the fourth year in a row in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, the median size of new housing decreased from 2,466 sq ft to 2,354 sq ft, according to the Census Bureau. This follows the shift from post-recession where high value homes comprised a...
by Admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Commercial, General Information
The commercial and institutional construction market is expected to continue to be busy in 2019, but the profits and size of jobs are not generally anticipated to increase over last year. Finding enough skilled labor has been an ongoing concern in all sectors of the...
by Admin | Jan 16, 2019 | General Information
The cost of construction has been rising more in the last few years for both materials and labor. However, of the two, the cost of labor has been rising faster than the cost of building materials in some areas of the country and there is a greater range of labor costs...
by Admin | Nov 30, 2018 | General Information
How much of InsurTECH is hype versus reality? What technologies are you actively involved with? Do you see a shift in the dynamic of the insurance industry to consumer-focused products? How does the regulatory landscape look for the insurTECH industry? Do regulators...
by Admin | Nov 21, 2018 | General Information, Insurance
Accurate data about properties’ locations, construction type, fire-resistance and replacement cost, along with other detailed data, is necessary to provide a complete picture of risk for insurers and reinsurers. The ability to quickly access and transmit this data...