Determining the date of loss

When carriers have questions about the timing and location of severe weather, forensic meteorologists dig through troves of data to find the answers.

By Megan D. Walker | February 09, 2021 at 05:00 AM

Weather's impact on loss.

Timing is everything.

It is the difference between a melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chip cookie and a charred, biodegradable hockey puck. The difference between a leisurely stroll through the airport with a stop for dinner and a mad dash to a missed connection. Timing can also be the difference between paying a storm damage claim and justifiably denying or amending it based on a forensic weather analysis that identifies the actual date of loss.

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