- Where does the data come from?
- Parcel and county appraisal records, building permits, FEMA flood mapping, NOAA storm events, USFS wildfire hazard potential, USGS earthquake and elevation, grid reliability, and the other public federal and county sources. Every fact keeps its source and its status — observed, inferred, conflicted, or unknown — and you see both on the observation that used it.
- What does it deliberately not do?
- It does not quote or bind insurance, file an application, replace carrier underwriting, replace an inspection, replace a replacement-cost estimator, predict claims, calculate premiums, optimize deductibles, determine exact coverage limits, or guarantee discounts or carrier eligibility. It informs, flags, explains, and prompts your review. Where a mitigation might matter it says the carrier may recognize it and that you should verify it for this policy — never that a discount applies.
- Does it work without a policy on file?
- Yes, and that is the design. With no snapshot, every topic's coverage state is unknown and the review reports what the property justifies discussing without asserting what is absent. Observations land as worth reviewing with an open question attached, rather than as findings of missing coverage. A declarations page sharpens the review; it never gates it.
- What do I have if a file is questioned later?
- The internal review record: adjudicated facts with their provenance and dates, every observation with your disposition and the reason for it, the question log with its resolutions, and a provenance appendix. Analyses are append-only and the rules version is recorded on each, so what was observed in March still reads as it did in March. It is never shared with a client.
- What can my client do after the report?
- The client report can close with an invitation to keep monitoring the home through BePrepared Solutions, which keeps watch on the conditions around a property and lets the household know when something changes. It appears only when you or your agency have entered a BePrepared code. The code is printed for your client to type, so a household that signs up is connected back to you, and nothing on the report tracks your client.