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Insurance companies use drones, manned planes and high-altitude balloons to spy on homes and deny coverage: report.
Customers are reporting being dropped from their coverage due to damaged roof shingles, debris in the yard, and overhanging tree branches.
Home insurance companies are increasingly using aerial images from drones and even high-altitude balloons as a tool to dump properties seen as higher risk, according to a report. Ruslan Ivantsov – stock.adobe.comOne of those homes belonged to Cindy Picos, a Northern California resident from the town of Auburn, who said her coverage was yanked last month after the insurer took aerial photos of her roof. Allison – stock.adobe.comThe use of aerial images to drop clients prompted Nichole Brink, a Michigan resident, to quit her job at Farmers last year, according to The Journal.
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