Weather Discrepancy Alert API

The Weather Discrepancy Alert API is a licensable product that enables you to access weather detail by a programmatic interface. Given access to this API, you can submit the loss date and weather details for a claim and verify whether the details as stated match the events that were recorded near the loss location during a five-day span; specifically, on each of the two days preceding the loss date, on the loss date itself, and on each of the two days following the loss date.

You might use the returned data as input to your decision-making software, which in turn might fast-track a claim or make the claims available for special processing. A mismatch in weather detail might mean that the claim is exaggerated or fraudulent.

If you've licensed both Guidewire Canvas and the Weather Discrepancy API, an adjuster or other user who receives a questionable claim on the basis of an API call can use Canvas to view interactively the loss location during the five-day span of interest. The adjuster might make immediate changes to parameters such as the radius of the area being inspected, might change from street view to satellite view, might zoom in or out, and might consider weather events that were not included in the API call.

In short, your organization can invoke the API once or repeatedly to get the information of interest and then use Canvas to see variations quickly.