Nearmap expands roof measurements to speed P&C claims modernization
Nearmap says expanded roof and exterior measurements can cut claim cycle times, limit ladder work, and tighten estimate consistency across CAT and everyday losses.
Faster roof and exterior measurements can shave days off a claim file, keep adjusters off ladders, and make early estimates look a lot less like guesswork. Nearmap is betting that those gains, not just prettier imagery, are what P&C carriers want as they push claims modernization deeper into the core workflow.
On June 1, 2026, Nearmap expanded its Roof & Exterior Measurements offering and said the service now supports more than one million roof and exterior measurements a year, with coverage reaching 100% of insurable properties. The company is pitching the product as operational plumbing for claims: faster workflow speed, validated accuracy, catastrophe scalability, and better adjuster efficiency, all aimed at lowering loss adjustment expense. Just as important, Nearmap said the latest enhancements build on its Verisk integration, a signal that it wants to sit inside carrier workflows rather than operate as a standalone imagery add-on.
That placement matters because the product already plugs into tools carriers use every day. Nearmap first launched Roof Measurements and Exterior Measurements on July 31, 2025, with precise roof geometry and full exterior measurements including windows, walls and doors. The measurements are available through Verisk XactAnalysis or API, and adjusters can view and manipulate sketches and models inside Xactimate and XactAnalysis to assess damage and decide next steps. Verisk says Xactware solutions are used and trusted by 80% of the top property insurance carriers, which gives Nearmap a direct path into a very crowded claims environment.
Nearmap is also leaning hard on speed and validation. The company says residential roof measurements can be delivered in as little as 50 minutes, while commercial roof measurements can arrive in about 6 hours. Nearmap says a Haag Engineering analysis of 39 U.S. roofs found its calculations were 98.4% accurate, with a maximum variation of 2.2%. Delivered through the company’s 3D mesh content and exposed in XML and JSON via API, the measurements are meant to reduce reliance on policyholders, single vendors, or time-consuming on-site visits.
The pitch lands especially well in weather-heavy markets, where volume spikes can bog down field inspections and slow reserves, scoping, and supplement handling. Nearmap says its claims pricing offering is already used by all 10 of the top 10 P&C carriers, suggesting it is trying to build a broader claims intelligence layer, not just a point product. Against older methods, the contrast is stark: Haag says its Test Square Method dates to the 1960s, and a cedar shingle roof can require several hours to assess because there may be 350 to 400 shingles per square. Nearmap’s message is simple: if claims are going to be faster and more consistent, the measurement layer has to become infrastructure.
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