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After Harvey, insurance drones take to the Texas skies

After Harvey, insurance drones take to the Texas skies | iNFOnews.ca
In this Aug. 30, 2017 photo, Laura Shell, center, a Travelers catastrophe claims specialist from Lexington, Va., trains to become a certified drone operator at the insurance company's Windsor, Conn., training center. The industry is using drones to help assess damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

WINDSOR, Conn. – Insurance adjusters are bringing more drones with them than ever before as they head to Texas to assess the damage from Harvey.

Companies are using them on a much larger scale to record images, save time and spare human adjusters from venturing into potentially unsafe areas.

Insurers have been increasing their drone fleets since the Federal Aviation Administration eased restrictions on using the commercially a year ago, and tried them out in areas of the southeastern U.S. affected last October by Hurricane Matthew.

Travellers Insurance, based in Connecticut, had 65 certified drone pilots as of Friday among the 600 employees deployed to the Houston area. Claims specialist Laura Shell says it’ll let her look more quickly into areas that aren’t easily accessible.

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