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Nearly $1 Trillion in California Homes Labeled “Low Risk” Despite Elevated Wildfire Danger
Wildfire risk in the United States is no longer confined to the edges of forests or traditionally high-risk zones. New analysis using ZestyAI’s property-level wildfire models shows that millions of homes classified as low or no wildfire risk under federal assessments face elevated wildfire danger when evaluated at the property level.
This analysis was recently featured in Vox, which examined how wildfire behavior is evolving — and why broad, backward-looking risk maps are increasingly misaligned with how fires spread today.
👉 Read the full article on Vox → https://www.vox.com/climate/476932/california-wildfire-los-angeles-risk-ai-housing-climate
Wildfire risk is closer — and more granular — than most maps show
Many homes damaged or destroyed in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires were still classified as “low risk” under federal wildfire assessments. ZestyAI’s property-level analysis provides a different perspective.
By evaluating individual structures — including vegetation proximity, defensible space, building characteristics, and neighborhood-level fire dynamics — ZestyAI identified more than 3,000 properties worth approximately $2.4 billion in areas impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires that showed elevated wildfire risk despite being classified as low or no risk under FEMA’s census-level assessments.
Across California, the classification gap is even broader. Approximately 1.2 million properties, representing roughly $940 billion in residential property value, are designated as low or no wildfire risk under federal maps, despite AI-driven property-level models indicating elevated wildfire danger.
Why census-level wildfire maps fall short
Wildfires do not spread evenly across census tracts or counties. Ember-driven ignition, structure-to-structure spread, wind conditions, and localized vegetation patterns create uneven outcomes, where one home survives and the next is destroyed.
Federal wildfire assessments are designed to provide a baseline view of community-level risk. FEMA has noted that its National Risk Index is not intended to serve as a property-specific risk assessment. When risk is evaluated at the individual property level, meaningful differences emerge that aggregated maps are not designed to capture.
What more granular wildfire risk intelligence enables
More detailed wildfire risk data can support:
- Targeted mitigation efforts at the property and neighborhood level
- More informed rebuilding and land-use decisions
- Clearer, more defensible underwriting and portfolio strategies
- Improved dialogue between insurers, regulators, and communities
A shift in how wildfire risk is understood
Wildfire risk is evolving faster than the systems built to measure it. Homes are no longer just adjacent to wildfire hazards; they increasingly influence how fires ignite, spread, and intensify, even in dense urban environments.
Property-level risk intelligence does not remove hard decisions. But without it, those decisions are made using an incomplete picture of where wildfire risk truly exists.
Read the full Vox article here.

The Roof Age Blind Spot in P&C Insurance
Roof age is a powerful predictors of property risk, yet insurers continue to rely on self-reported data that is often wrong. Our analysis uncovers just how costly that blind spot can be.
In property insurance, roof age is one of the most critical factors in assessing risk. Yet too often, carriers rely on self-reported or agent-supplied data that is incomplete or inaccurate.
ZestyAI’s recent analysis of 500,000+ properties revealed widespread discrepancies in reported roof age. The result? Mispriced policies, unexpected losses, and operational inefficiencies that impact the bottom line.
As climate volatility grows and reinsurance pressure intensifies, overlooking the true condition and age of a home’s largest, most exposed surface is a risk no carrier can afford.
What’s Inside
- Uncover the biggest myths and blind spots in roof age records.
- Understand why traditional data sources, like claims systems and permits, fall short in providing accurate roof age.
- Learn how a multi-source verification strategy, combining aerial imagery, permits, tax records, and AI, offers a blueprint for improvement and 97% national coverage.
- Explore why roof age is a predictor of losses across multiple perils, not just wind and hail.
- Discover the one-two punch of verified roof age and real-time condition insights, delivering a complete view of risk, even for young roofs with hidden problems.
- Align your roof age data with growing regulatory expectations, particularly in states like Florida.

Deferred Maintenance Adds $317B in Exposure for Insurers
New research from ZestyAI reveals that 62% of U.S. homeowners are deferring critical home maintenance, adding up to $317 billion in potential claims exposure for insurers.
These findings come as Severe Convective Storms (SCS) caused an estimated $58 billion in insured losses in 2024, surpassing hurricane-related losses and marking the second-costliest SCS year on record.
Tornadoes, hail, and wind events now account for over 60% of all U.S. catastrophe claims, and research from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) shows that roof damage accounts for up to 90% of residential catastrophe losses.
Key Findings from ZestyAI’s Homeowner Survey
According to ZestyAI’s nationally representative survey, 62% of homeowners have delayed essential repairs due to budget constraints, representing nearly 59 million U.S. homes with unaddressed vulnerabilities. Forty percent said they would rely on an insurance claim to cover major repairs like roof replacement, adding up to an estimated $317 billion in potential exposure for carriers.
Alarmingly, 63% of homeowners who weren’t living in their home at the time of the last roof replacement don’t know how old their roof is, making it even harder to detect aging systems before they fail. Meanwhile, 12% admitted they would delay repairs indefinitely, further increasing their risk of property damage.
Severe Convective Storms: The Growing Catastrophe Risk
This blind spot compounds known risks: prior ZestyAI analysis has identified over 12.6 million U.S. properties at high risk for hail-related roof damage, representing $189.5 billion in potential roof replacement costs.
“Deferred maintenance has long been a known risk factor, but today the stakes are higher than ever,” said Kumar Dhuvur, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of ZestyAI. "With claim severity rising and storm losses compounding, insurers need more than hazard maps to navigate this landscape."
"Property-level insights allow carriers to proactively address known vulnerabilities, improve underwriting precision, and work with homeowners to reduce losses before they happen.”
ZestyAI’s findings support a growing push toward data-driven, preventative underwriting strategies, especially as carriers face rising claim severity and pressure to improve combined ratios across storm-prone states.
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Now Streaming: LA Fires in Focus – What Insurers Need to Know
What Worked, What Didn’t, and What’s Next for Insurers
With insured losses projected to exceed $30 billion, the recent Los Angeles wildfires rank among the costliest in U.S. history—reshaping how insurers think about risk, resilience, and readiness.
Watch the Full Webinar → LA Fires in Focus: What Insurers Need to Know
In this on-demand webinar, experts from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), the Western Fire Chiefs Association, Cal Poly’s WUI Fire Institute, and ZestyAI unpack what really happened—from frontline response to lab-based research and model performance—and share critical strategies insurers can use to prepare for what’s next.
Watch this session if you’re a Product Managers, Underwriters, Actuaries, and Risk & Innovation leaders looking to make informed decisions in an increasingly volatile wildfire landscape.
What You’ll Learn
- Key takeaways from the Los Angeles wildfires
- Research on structure-to-structure fire spread and resilience factors
- How wildfire risk models performed—what we got right (and wrong)
- Practical strategies to reduce exposure and strengthen resilience
Meet the Experts
- Anne Cope, Chief Engineer, IBHS
- Bob Roper, CEO, Western Fire Chiefs Association
- Frank Frievalt, Director, WUI Fire Institute at Cal Poly
- Kumar Duhvur, Co-Founder & CPO, ZestyAI

Now Streaming: LA Fires in Focus – What Insurers Need to Know
What Worked, What Didn’t, and What’s Next for Insurers
With insured losses projected to exceed $30 billion, the recent Los Angeles wildfires rank among the costliest in U.S. history—reshaping how insurers think about risk, resilience, and readiness.
Watch the Full Webinar → LA Fires in Focus: What Insurers Need to Know
In this on-demand webinar, experts from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), the Western Fire Chiefs Association, Cal Poly’s WUI Fire Institute, and ZestyAI unpack what really happened—from frontline response to lab-based research and model performance—and share critical strategies insurers can use to prepare for what’s next.
Watch this session if you’re a Product Managers, Underwriters, Actuaries, and Risk & Innovation leaders looking to make informed decisions in an increasingly volatile wildfire landscape.
What You’ll Learn
- Key takeaways from the Los Angeles wildfires
- Research on structure-to-structure fire spread and resilience factors
- How wildfire risk models performed—what we got right (and wrong)
- Practical strategies to reduce exposure and strengthen resilience
Meet the Experts
- Anne Cope, Chief Engineer, IBHS
- Bob Roper, CEO, Western Fire Chiefs Association
- Frank Frievalt, Director, WUI Fire Institute at Cal Poly
- Kumar Duhvur, Co-Founder & CPO, ZestyAI

Wildfire Risk Across the Nation
We’ve created a visual guide to where wildfire risk is rising—and where opportunities for mitigation exist.
Wildfire Risk Is Rising Nationwide
Wildfire seasons are getting longer, more destructive, and harder to predict—and they’re no longer just a Western U.S. concern. From the Southeast to the Midwest, wildfire risk is emerging in places many insurers haven’t traditionally watched.
What the Latest Data Reveals About Wildfire Exposure
Drawing from the latest national datasets and insights from ZestyAI’s Z-FIRE™ model, this visual guide to wildfire risk in the U.S. shows:
- New wildfire hotspots: Discover where risk is rising fastest.
- Mitigation gaps: Learn how a lack of defensible space is putting thousands of homes in danger across the country.
- Top risk drivers: See how features like overhanging trees and wooden roofs are fueling destruction in high-risk areas.
BONUS: You’ll also get access to our latest online event with IBHS and Western Fire Chiefs Association, The LA Fires in Focus: What Worked, What Didn’t, What’s Next for Insurers.

A ZestyAI Refresher: Timeless Insurance Meets Trustworthy AI
New to ZestyAI or need a refresher? Learn why nearly half of the top 100 U.S. insurers rely on our AI-powered platform to revolutionize property and climate risk management.
Who We Are: Revolutionizing Risk Management with AI
ZestyAI is the leading property and climate risk platform, leveraging advanced AI and data science to provide property-level risk insights to insurers across the United States. Our mission is to redefine how insurers assess and manage risk while fostering a healthier, more sustainable, and more affordable insurance market.
At its core, ZestyAI empowers carriers to assess risk with unmatched precision, aligning premiums with actual property-level data. Our data-driven recommendations help insurers improve underwriting, streamline operations, and optimize portfolios—all while ensuring transparency and regulatory compliance.
ZestyAI’s solutions are rigorously validated by state departments of insurance, including in California, Texas, and Colorado. Our wildfire risk model became the first to gain approval as part of a carrier rate filing from the California Department of Insurance (CDI), setting a benchmark for the responsible adoption of AI in the industry.
With over 200 billion data points analyzed and nearly 100% aerial imagery coverage across the contiguous U.S., ZestyAI transforms vast amounts of data into actionable intelligence. From roof conditions to vegetation density, our platform enables insurers to reduce loss ratios, improve profitability, and increase the availability of insurance to underserved markets.
Proven Performance in the Toughest Conditions
ZestyAI's AI models have been tested and trusted under the industry’s most challenging scenarios:
- Z-FIRE™: The gold standard for wildfire risk, adopted across all wildfire-prone markets in the U.S.
- Z-HAIL™: Predicts hail claim frequency and severity with up to 58X greater accuracy than traditional models, as validated by IBHS research.
- Z-WIND™ and Z-STORM™: Deliver granular risk assessments for wind and storm frequency and severity, with regulatory approval across several states.
- Z-WATER™: Our newest model predicts non-weather-related water damage claims using insights from property construction, local water systems, and environmental factors.
Powered by 30+ proprietary computer vision algorithms, our peril-specific models provide carriers with the flexibility to use ZestyAI’s risk scores or integrate detailed property insights directly into their own workflows.
The Origin of ZestyAI: A Bold Pivot
ZestyAI’s journey began not in insurance, but in clean energy. Founded as Powerscout, we made a pivotal shift in 2017 when the devastating California wildfires revealed a critical gap in how insurers assess risk. Recognizing the potential of our imagery and AI models to become a lifeline for carriers and communities alike, we refocused our mission. By 2018, ZestyAI was born, dedicated to revolutionizing insurance through AI-driven insights.
Why ZestyAI?
Today, our platform empowers carriers to achieve transformative outcomes:
- Set Precise Rates: Move beyond broad territory-based pricing to property-level assessments, attracting low-risk customers with precision pricing while helping high-risk properties mitigate exposure.
- Enhance Risk Selection: Leverage comprehensive risk profiles for smarter underwriting, optimizing combined ratios and profitability.
- Improve Product Fit: Tailor coverage options with appropriate deductibles and endorsements, reducing losses and improving customer satisfaction.
- Optimize Inspections: Direct resources to properties that need attention, reducing unnecessary on-site inspections and cutting costs.
- Streamline Operations: Automate approvals for low-risk properties, freeing underwriting teams to focus on complex cases.
- Optimize Portfolios: Reassess books of business to identify accumulated risks and adjust premiums or coverage based on real-time data.
At the heart of these capabilities is our commitment to delivering a 10X return on investment (ROI) for our customers. By combining precise risk assessment with actionable insights, ZestyAI helps carriers achieve measurable results.
Building a Healthier Insurance Ecosystem
ZestyAI’s impact extends beyond carriers—we’re reshaping the insurance ecosystem to be more accessible, equitable, and efficient.
- Fair Pricing: Align premiums with actual risk to attract low-risk customers while offering guidance for mitigating high-risk exposures.
- Proactive Risk Mitigation: Empower policyholders with tailored guidance, like improving roof conditions or clearing vegetation, to reduce exposure.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline processes to lower costs and focus resources on the most impactful areas.
Leading the AI Revolution in Insurance
As climate risks grow more intense, insurers must adopt innovative tools to assess and mitigate these challenges. ZestyAI is at the forefront of this transformation, enabling carriers to not only adapt but thrive in an evolving market.
The future of insurance lies in AI-driven precision, and with ZestyAI, that future is already here.
Schedule a demo today to see how ZestyAI can transform your risk strategy in 2025.

2024 in Review
As we close out 2024, we’re taking a moment to reflect on a year defined by deeper partnerships, relentless innovation, and measurable progress in the insurance industry.
Watch the video message from our CEO, Attila Toth, to learn more about the milestones we achieved and what’s next for ZestyAI.
Strengthening Relationships
This year, we deepened our collaborations with existing partners and welcomed new customers across the country. Nearly half of the top 100 insurance carriers now trust ZestyAI to deliver precise, AI-driven insights that enhance underwriting, streamline operations, and address emerging risks in high-peril areas.
Innovation That Delivers Value
At ZestyAI, innovation is never just for its own sake—it’s about delivering actionable value that solves real-world challenges. In 2024, we launched:
- Z-WATER™: Our new model that predicts non-weather-related water damage claims, helping carriers identify and mitigate this growing risk.
- Roof Age: Leveraging historical imagery and building permit data to provide accurate roof condition insights for better underwriting and risk management.
We also delivered substantial enhancements to Z-PROPERTY™, our leading property insights platform:
- Increased Coverage and Improved Hit Rates: Ensuring more comprehensive and reliable property assessments.
- New Features: Including driveway condition insights and support for multi-structure properties, enabling insurers to prioritize resources and streamline inspections.
Tremendous Regulatory Momentum
This year brought significant progress in regulatory approvals, further validating ZestyAI’s solutions in key markets like California, Texas, and Colorado. Our models continue to set a benchmark for responsible AI adoption, ensuring insurers can confidently integrate advanced property risk insights into their workflows.
Delivering Performance Across Perils
ZestyAI’s AI-powered models continued to prove their value under the industry’s most challenging conditions:
- Z-FIRE™: Recognized as the gold standard for wildfire risk across the U.S.
- Z-HAIL™: Predicting hail claim frequency and severity with up to 58 times greater accuracy than traditional models.
- Z-WIND™ and Z-STORM™: Delivering granular risk assessments for wind and storm-related risks.
These innovations are helping insurers reduce loss ratios, improve profitability, and ensure coverage availability where it’s needed most.
Looking Ahead to 2025
As we move into the new year, ZestyAI remains committed to revolutionizing risk management through AI-driven precision and proven performance. We will continue to help insurers navigate emerging challenges, drive efficiency, and build a more resilient future for their policyholders.
From all of us at ZestyAI, thank you for being part of this journey. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a successful year ahead.

Now Streaming: Navigating California's Evolving Insurance Landscape
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has introduced significant updates as part of its Sustainable Insurance Strategy. These new bulletins and draft regulations aim to accelerate regulatory approvals, embrace forward-looking models, and address critical reinsurance challenges.
But what do these changes mean for insurance carriers—and how can you prepare?
On January 29, 2025, we hosted a webinar, California’s Evolving Insurance Landscape: The Future of Insurance in the Golden State.
Designed for Legal & Compliance professionals, Product Managers, Underwriters, Actuaries, and Risk & Innovation leaders, the discussion featured expert insights from:
- Michael Peterson, Deputy Commissioner of Climate & Sustainability, California Department of Insurance
- Karen Collins, VP, Property & Environmental, APCIA
- Bryan Rehor, Head of Regulatory Affairs, ZestyAI
Missed the live event but want to gain actionable insights from industry leaders at the forefront of California’s insurance evolution? Watch on demand now!

ZestyAI’s Severe Convective Storm Models Receive Regulatory Approval in Iowa
Regulatory approval empowers Iowa insurers to tackle rising storm losses with AI-powered property risk models.
ZestyAI, the leading provider of AI-powered climate and property risk analytics solutions, has received regulatory approval from the Iowa Insurance Division for its Severe Convective Storm suite, including Z-HAIL, Z-WIND, and Z-STORM.
This approval marks a critical milestone in helping insurers address the growing challenges posed by severe weather in one of the Midwest’s most storm-affected states.
In 2024, Iowa experienced five billion-dollar severe weather events, with hailstorms driving billions in damages and insurance losses. In one instance, a hailstorm caused $2.4 billion in damage, underscoring the urgent need for innovative tools to assess and manage storm-related risks.
ZestyAI’s Severe Convective Storm suite delivers property-specific risk assessments, enabling insurers to predict and mitigate extreme weather impacts with precision. Designed with regulatory compliance at its core, Z-HAIL is validated using actual loss data and provides a clear breakdown of the top three risk drivers for each score. This transparency empowers insurers to make informed decisions and share actionable insights with policyholders.
By analyzing climatology, geography, and building characteristics, ZestyAI equips insurers to identify high-risk properties, allocate resources strategically, and encourage proactive risk-reduction measures among policyholders.
"This approval empowers our carrier partners to act quickly and confidently in addressing Iowa’s severe weather challenges," said Bryan Rehor, Director of Regulatory Affairs at ZestyAI.
"By streamlining subsequent filings, we help insurers save time and resources, ultimately making high-quality property insurance more accessible to Iowa homeowners."
ZestyAI’s Severe Convective Storm suite has already received approvals in other key hail belt states, including Texas, Colorado, Illinois and Indiana, with additional filings in progress. These models enable insurers to move beyond reactive damage assessments, improving their ability to assess and manage storm-related risks at a granular, property-specific level.
With this approval, ZestyAI continues to lead the charge in equipping insurers with the tools they need to navigate an era of climate uncertainty, ensuring communities and insurers alike can better weather the storm.

Redesigning Our ML Infrastructure: 50% Faster APIs and 10x the Data Processing Power
Discover How the 'Monster Pod' Revolutionized Our Approach to Scaling Machine Learning Models.
Scaling a complex system of machine learning models while delivering real-time insights is no small feat. ZestyAI’s engineering team reimagined its architecture to overcome these challenges, leveraging NVIDIA’s Triton Inference Server and introducing the “Monster Pod.” This transformation halved API response times, increased throughput by 10x, and cut cloud costs by 75%. Dive into how strategic experimentation and innovative design unlocked efficiency and positioned ZestyAI for future growth.
By Andrew Merski, VP, Engineering
The Challenge: A Complex and Scaling System
Business Context
At ZestyAI, we deliver critical insights to insurance clients using machine learning models. Our API processes a significant volume of data, including imagery, geolocation, and structured data, to produce real-time results. The complexity of each request places immense demands on our infrastructure:
- Synchronous API Calls: Each request must be processed in real-time, with all insights delivered back to the client in a single response. Low latency is non-negotiable, as our clients’ workflows rely on immediate feedback.
- Multiple ML Models Per Request: Each request may invoke up to 30 ML models, ranging from computer vision models analyzing aerial imagery to models synthesizing geospatial and tabular data.
- Growing Model Catalog: The catalog of ML models we deploy continues to expand, driven by both customer needs and internal innovation. Each new model adds additional complexity to the system.
- Exceptional Reliability: Our clients in the insurance sector demand a system that operates flawlessly, with uptime and accuracy critical to their decision-making processes.
Previous Architecture: A Decentralized Model
In our previous system, each ML model operated as an independent microservice. Each model scaled independently, and each instance required its own GPU. While functional, this architecture introduced critical issues:
- Resource Underutilization: GPUs were underutilized, with non-GPU tasks consuming significant time.
- Scaling Challenges: Periods of high API traffic put additional strain on system components, leading to some inefficiencies.
- Capacity Limitations: The previous architecture had constraints that limited scalability, which could have restricted future growth.
This architecture also resulted in significant operational complexity. Each model’s independent deployment meant substantial manual effort in testing, scaling, and troubleshooting. Cloud costs also escalated rapidly as new models were added, creating diminishing returns for each improvement in service quality.
The Solution: A Centralized Architecture with Triton
Faced with scaling challenges and rising customer demand, we reimagined the entire architecture. At the heart of the solution was NVIDIA’s Triton Inference Server, a tool designed for efficient multi-model serving.
Why Triton?
Triton enabled:
- Shared GPU resources across models.
- Ensemble models to define workflows using configuration rather than code.
- Extensive benchmarking tools for performance optimization.
- Support for various backends, including Python and Pytorch.
However, Triton required significant investment in layers of customization to meet our needs. Its low-level interface and lack of native autoscaling demanded a tailored implementation.
New Architecture: The Monster Pod
To maximize Triton’s potential, we introduced the “Monster Pod,” consolidating all models and supporting microservices into a single Kubernetes pod. Key features included:
- Single-host model serving: All models resided in a unified Triton instance.
- Integrated workflow management: The workflow orchestrator and other microservices were co-located with Triton.
- Streamlined scaling: Each pod functioned as an independent unit, simplifying horizontal scaling.
This “Monster Pod” approach offered numerous benefits:
Improved Resource Utilization
- Maximized GPU usage by serving multiple models per instance.
- Reduced the overhead associated with multiple nodes and microservices.
Simplified Testing and Benchmarking
- Each pod contained all necessary components, enabling comprehensive testing in isolation.
- Benchmarking provided clear insights into throughput and resource requirements.
Reduced Scaling Overhead
- Eliminated dependency on Istio for internal traffic management.
- Simplified node provisioning and scheduling.
Predictable Costs
- Each pod corresponds to a fixed node cost, allowing accurate cost planning.
Lessons Learned
This project revealed critical insights that extend beyond Triton or even ML systems:
1. The "Microservices vs. Monolith" Debate Isn’t Binary
Architectural decisions don’t have to be all-or-nothing. For instance, while our deployment consolidated models into a single pod, we retained microservices for other aspects of the platform. Evaluating “single vs. many” decisions at multiple levels allowed us to optimize each layer independently.
2. Understand the Bottlenecks Before Designing Solutions
Identifying the root causes of inefficiency—scaling overhead, resource underutilization, network traffic—helped us design a system that addressed these challenges holistically rather than incrementally.
3. The Power of Consolidation
Integrating multiple components into a single deployment reduced complexity, improved performance, and simplified scaling. This approach may not suit every scenario, but in our case, it delivered transformative results.
4. Be Open to Temporary Solutions (Flexibility Leads to Innovation)
The “Monster Pod” started as a quick workaround but became a permanent fixture due to its outsized impact. Being open to experimentation unlocked unexpected benefits, such as easier resource planning and reduced operational complexity.
Business Impact
Rebuilding our ML inference platform was a bold move that paid off. The new architecture produced dramatic improvements across key metrics:
- Latency: API response times were halved.
- Capacity: System throughput increased by 10x, eliminating the previous capacity ceiling.
- Cost Efficiency: Cloud costs for model serving dropped by 75%.
These gains position us to scale with growing demand while maintaining industry-leading performance. Additionally, the simplified architecture has freed up engineering resources to focus on innovation rather than maintenance.
While Triton Inference Server played a critical role, the real success lay in our architectural decisions and willingness to rethink the status quo. This project underscores the value of experimentation and the importance of tailoring solutions to meet unique challenges.
The lessons learned from this journey will continue to inform our approach to system design and scalability as we look ahead. The Monster Pod has not only transformed our current capabilities—but has also set the stage for future growth and innovation.
For a deeper dive into the technical details, check out Andrew Merski’s original blog on Medium.

ZestyAI Earns Top Recognition in Insurance Tech and Climate Risk
In an industry as established and thoughtful as insurance, bold innovation isn’t always easy to come by. ZestyAI is working to change that by integrating artificial intelligence into the core of how insurers manage risk, optimize pricing, and drive growth.
We are honored to receive two recognitions this year, highlighting the growing role of technology in driving meaningful progress and affirm our commitment to being a trusted partner for property insurers navigating an ever-evolving landscape
Leading the Way in P&C Insurance Technology
ZestyAI has been named one of the Everest Group’s Leading 50™ Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance Technology Providers for 2024. This recognition celebrates technology providers that are transforming the P&C insurance sector through advanced platforms and solutions.
The Everest Group evaluated companies based on metrics such as revenue derived from P&C-focused technology, value chain coverage, and innovation in product offerings and partnerships.
ZestyAI earned accolades in two categories: Emerging Risks Intelligence and Assessment (Climate) and Risk Intelligence for Property Insurance.
These honors reflect the proven performance of our AI-driven platform under the most challenging conditions. From the devastating California wildfires of 2020 and 2021 to the unprecedented 2023 convective storm season, our models—Z-FIRE, Z-HAIL, Z-WIND, and Z-STORM—have consistently delivered reliable insights and results
Shaping the Future of Climate Risk Analytics
Chartis Research ranked ZestyAI 47th out of 175 organizations in climate risk analytics, recognizing our significant contributions to addressing climate risk challenges in insurance. This acknowledgment highlights our commitment to tackling secondary perils—including wildfire, hail, wind, and severe convective storms—through advanced AI-powered property insights and predictive models.
Our platform-driven approach, grounded in climate science, equips insurers with actionable, peril-specific insights. These tools empower them to navigate the complexities of climate risk, adapt to an evolving regulatory and environmental landscape, and optimize risk management strategies.
Driving Innovation and Excellence
This year’s recognitions join a growing list of accolades celebrating our contributions to innovation and excellence. ZestyAI has been named one of Forbes’ Top Startups to Work For in America, as well as one of Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. Additional honors include recognition on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, inclusion in the CB Insights Insurtech 50, an AI Breakthrough Award for Machine Learning, and a PropertyCasualty360 Insurance Luminary award for Risk Management Innovation.
These accolades inspire us to keep pushing boundaries, delivering exceptional value, and pursuing our mission to create a more sustainable and resilient insurance ecosystem.
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