CSU Using AI to Predict Hail Storms

Colorado hailstones, June 2025. (9News photo)I was in Pueblo talking with my new insurance agent yesterday -- new in that her Colorado Springs-based agency (with satellite offices) has bought up my old small-town agency, which earlier had bought a smaller-town agency). Consolidation everywhere — like hailstones,We talked about trying to get fire etc coverage for our rental cabin, It came up for renewal right during the big Aspen Acres Fire, and that was a hard no. (The coverage came from a different company arranged through a broker). Bad enough that it is not owner-occupied; now it's too close to the fire.Yet as her computer told her, the only claims that I have submitted for that house and for my own house were for hail damage! A big storm in 2017 led to roof replacement on both houses in 2018. The cabin already had a metal roof; now it has a newer one.Fires are scary and can take out many structures in a day, but hail costs Coloradans more:Hail is the number one factor driving up…

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