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Bringing practical business and technical intelligence to today's structured cabling professionals.

For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on:

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

Porch Group Releases Three New Home Factors Geared Towards Improving Property Risk Segmentation in Home Insurance

Porch Group (“Porch”) announced today the launch of three new interior Home Factors related to signs of water intrusion in the home. These enhancements aim to improve risk segmentation and underwriting precision. The company plans to have over 100 such attributes available by the end of 2025. These insights enable insurers to gain a comprehensive understanding of 90% of properties across the United States.

Home Factors is Porch’s next-generation property intelligence platform of unique data on both interior and exterior home conditions. Leveraging advanced AI-driven models, the platform transforms this data into actionable insights, empowering insurers to make more informed decisions, refine risk segmentation, and improve underwriting precision.

The new home factors focus on one of the most critical areas of property damage. By identifying the presence of water damage in specific areas of the home, insurers can make more informed decisions about pricing, underwriting, and loss prevention.

An analysis with third party carriers revealed that properties with water intrusion damage have more than 40% higher claims frequency.

“These new Home Factors allow insurers to access more property characteristics and see what’s really happening inside a home,” said Michelle Taves, VP and Group GM, Data and Marketing. “They provide powerful signals for identifying risk that standard property data simply can’t detect. Through both Homeowners of America and now other third-party carriers, we have proven definitively that Home Factors data has a significant impact on being able to better assess and price risk for a given property.”

“Unique data is a key pillar in Porch’s strategy, and we are just getting started in our journey,” added Matt Ehrlichman, Founder and CEO of Porch Group. “The expansion of Home Factors from both an internal underwriting and external monetization standpoint remains a key priority for the company, and we are in a good position to deliver on our goal of releasing 100 Home Factors by year-end.”

For more information about Porch’s Home Factors data products, visit: https://insurance.pgmsolutions.com

About Porch Group

Porch Group, Inc. (“Porch”) is a new kind of homeowners insurance company. Porch's strategy to win in homeowners insurance is to deploy leading vertical software solutions in select home-related industries, provide the best services for homebuyers including important moving services, leverage unique data for advantaged underwriting, and provide more protection for policyholders. To learn more about Porch, visit ir.porchgroup.com.

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