Some cool insurance for business images:
Designing the IBHS hail delivery system
Image by State Farm
A sign at the IBHS Research Center outlines the complexity of creating the first indoor hail simulation.
Hail damage to the roof and aluminum gutters at the IBHS Research Center. Visit www.disastersafety.org to learn more about how this first indoor hail simulation in the world came to be and what you can do to reduce catastrophic damage from hail. State Farm is one of the founding members of IBHS.
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) Research Center is a unique, state-of-the-art, multi-risk applied research and training in Chester County, South Carolina. This facility is a tangible, very public demonstration of the property insurance industry’s deep commitment to reducing and preventing losses that disrupt the lives of millions of home and business owners each year. The scientific research conducted here will influence residential and commercial structural design and construction for decades to come, and will significantly advance building science by enabling researchers to more fully and accurately evaluate various residential and commercial construction materials and systems.
Dr. Ian Giammanco collecting hail stones
Image by State Farm
Dr. Ian Giammanco, IBHS Research Scientist, collects hail stones following a supercell storm in Wichita, KS on May 19, 2013. Hail was collected and studied as part of a hail field research project led by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) and sponsored by State Farm. IBHS is studying hailstorms in the Central Plains region in an attempt to better understand the characteristics of damaging hail, which depends on size, density and hardness of hailstones.
