In this episode, FNO: InsureTech hosts Rob and Lee sit down with Piers Dormeyer, CEO of Eagleview, to discuss the company's journey from its roots in aerial roof measurement to its current role as a leading data company in geospatial intelligence. Dormeyer details how Eagleview's early focus on insurance claims transformed through investments in proprietary aerial hardware, integration with Pictometry, and continual improvements in imagery resolution. The conversation explores how Eagleview leverages high-quality data and recent advances in artificial intelligence, including large language models, to streamline claims, enable rapid disaster response, power fraud detection, and support a range of customers beyond insurance.

Key highlights

• Eagleview's origin: founded by a roofer and a software engineer, developing accurate 3D roof measurements from 2D imagery with insurance as an initial market
• Emphasis on control and accuracy: operating a national fleet and merging with Pictometry to deliver higher-quality imagery, supporting measurement accuracy now at 99% based on third-party comparisons
• Shift to data company: delivering granular, extractable property data such as roof material, proximity to water, and additional attributes for application across various workflows
• AI's impact: improved imagery enhances model reliability, with large language model-enabled features introduced in Eagleview One to support data extraction and new workflow automation
• Eagleview Disaster Response Program (DRP): mobilizing rapid image capture following disasters to meet the needs of insurers, government agencies, and infrastructure managers
• Partnership approach: close collaboration with industry leaders like Cotality and Verisk facilitates efficient integration and data delivery