Drones - Potential Use in Property Risk Consulting
Balvinder Singh Sohi, Senior Risk Consultant, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
Use of drones or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is increasing as the technology keeps evolving. A drone at the present time cannot replace a Property Risk Consultant in undertaking pre-loss property insurance surveys; however, there are some areas where they can provide some assistance. The following potential uses of drones within property risk consulting have been identified in this paper:
- Roof guttering inspections
- Photovoltaic (PV) panel inspections
- External security and yard storage inspections
- Wall and roof inspections
Drones are a fascinating piece of technology and in the future as the technology advances even further the number of potential uses within pre-loss property insurance surveys will increase; however they will need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis.