Farmers First Client of Accurence Site Inspection System

Farmers Insurance (Los Angeles) has been using SettleAssist from Westminster, Colo.-based Accurence since August.

The system, widely released today at PLRB/LIRB 2011 Claims Conference, standardizes and automates the onsite inspection and scoping process for property claims adjusters, Accurence claims. SettleAssist uses digital pen-and-paper smart forms or a smartphone application to gather inspection data at the loss site, Accurence explains. Loss inspection data are transmitted wirelessly to the SettleAssist decision intelligence engine, a private cloud system, that validates inspection data; builds a model of the situation; applies rule sets based on guidelines, building codes, policy provisions, department of insurance regulations, aerial CAD data and cost estimating data; automates the scope of repair and generates an estimate.

"SettleAssist provides accuracy and guideline change management benefits to our claims settlement process – while the adjuster is onsite – that were previously not possible," Rob Koch, claims AVP for Farmers, says in a statement. "[Accurence] have successfully pioneered this category of onsite claims inspection and scope automation software."

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