The internet of things promises a lot of advances and insurers are going to reap plenty of benefits from this. Health insurers are going to be able to get live data from the insured parties. Home insurers will be able to better monitor the insides of a home. And so on… However, there’s a downside…

Over in the United States, things are changing for insurance adjusters. Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced that to make the job safer and simpler; work at heights will now be conducted, wherever possible, by drones. The insurer has obtained licenses to operate and deploy drones though there are some pretty strict conditions on their use….