Berkshire units partner with climate risk analytics firm

A climate risk analytics company that uses artificial intelligence said Tuesday it is working with certain Berkshire Hathaway Group units.

Oakland, California-based Zesty.ai Inc. said it uses 200 billion data points, including aerial imagery, weather and real estate data, and a combination of computer vision and artificial intelligence to generate property-specific risk scores for commercial and personal lines.

Participating in the initiative is Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Cos., a  group of six regional insurers: Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Co.; Brookwood Insurance Co.; Continental Divide Insurance Co.; Cypress Insurance Co.; Oak River Insurance Co.; and Redwood Fire and Casualty Insurance Co.