ZestyAI expands partnerships

Harford Mutual (Bel Air, Md.) selected ZestyAI’s Roof Age and Z‑PROPERTY models for its commercial portfolio in a press release dated March 11, 2026. (zesty.ai) ZestyAI’s Roof Age model cross‑validates building permit records with more than 20 years of aerial imagery to detect roof replacement events and assigns confidence scores across roughly 97% of U.S. properties, while Z‑PROPERTY evaluates roof complexity, materials, condition and surrounding risk factors. (zesty.ai) American European Insurance Group (Freehold, N.J.) adopted ZestyAI’s regulatory‑approved models for non‑weather water (Z‑WATER), hail (Z‑HAIL) and wind (Z‑WIND), alongside Z‑PROPERTY, in a March 19, 2026 announcement to standardize property‑level insight across its multi‑state book. (zesty.ai) AEIG president and CEO Steve Hartman said the platform lets the carrier align underwriting and pricing with expected loss performance and support agents with greater transparency as it expands across states with varied exposure profiles. (beinsure.com) ZestyAI states its models are built and validated on carrier‑contributed loss data, have secured more than 200 regulatory approvals nationwide, and are applied at new business and renewal to sharpen risk selection, improve pricing alignment, and manage portfolio concentration. (zesty.ai) Multiple industry outlets covered the signings across March 16–19, 2026, including CIR Magazine (March 16), InsurTechAnalyst and FinTech Global (March 18), underscoring the reporting footprint for these regional insurer deployments. (cirmagazine.com) ZestyAI reported having helped extend coverage to more than 511,000 previously uninsurable properties in 2024 and stated an intention to expand that impact further in subsequent years. (reinsurancene.ws)