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It seems like forever since we’ve released new data…even though it’s only been since November! So we decided to release some this month. (Don’t worry, we’ll have some more real soon!) If you’re an API customer, the data is live and available today!

SurgeMax Inundation Depths – Our current SurgeMax model gives you the risk of storm surge, tied to the strength of the storm. We’re adding the actual expected inundation depth from surges of various sizes. This way, you can have a better idea of how to protect a property from storm surge inundation. Our SurgeMax data now includes – Inundation depths for each storm category, CAT 1 through CAT 5 1 foot intervals 1 – 20 feet and > 20 feet, and Areas protected by levees.

An average of a quarter of a million American families have one or more rooms in their homes ruined and their lives disrupted each winter by water pipes freezing and breaking. Until today, the insurance industry has struggled to get their collective hands around this multi-billion dollar risk.

Introducing the Frozen Pipe Score and Ice Dam score from HazardHub!

Frozen Pipe Score

Numerous studies have shown the “threshold” temperature for frozen pipes is when the temperature falls below 20°F for more than 24 hours in areas where freezing is not normally expected and pipes are unprotected in crawl spaces and attics.  In areas that experience long periods of winter weather, pipes are generally better protected, but freezing pipes can still occur if bitter temperatures persist for several days.  The problem is, therefore,

At HazardHub, data is our passion. We aim to provide as much data as possible to make the insurance process both way faster and way MORE accurate.

The one key element we thought we could improve upon? Property characteristic data. We currently provide county assessor data and – while it does a great job at proving things important for the assessor (like beds, baths, and sq footage) – it does not do such a great job at proving the level of detail that makes a property come alive. Of course, at HazardHub we love a good data challenge. We did some digging and determined that we could be better. A LOT better.

Introducing Enhanced Property Data from HazardHub – our data source that combines county tax assessor data with in-depth real estate transaction data to give you unprecedented insight into the characteristics of an individual property.

Last week we traveled to beautiful Hartford, CT (where the Connecticut River was REALLY high) for a series of meetings, including participating in the Insuretech Hartford Pitch event. We were one of nine startups, presenting to a large and engaged crowd from insurance companies all around the Hartford area.

Frankly, it was a LONG day in Hartford. It seemed like the entire day was one long “here’s who HazardHub is” presentation. It’s great but it’s tiring. So when pitch time rolled around, Bob poured that entire day into 5 sizzling minutes of pitch magic (at least, that’s how he described it.) You can judge for yourself, as the pitch was captured in a video!

Once the pitch was done, we thought “that was fun! Let’s mingle, watch a few pitches and grab a bite to eat.”