“”””Amazes me that some many on this thread are OK with companies spying on them without permission””””
I am not OK with companies spying on me.
In this case the insurance companies are making sure that a house they are insuring is a good risk. They do not want to insure a house with a bad roof with 30 year old shingles and then have pay a claim when a little windstorm comes through.
When insurance companies pay claims, an unfortunate result is that every policy holder sometimes get a rate increase.
Then they can schedule an appointment like in the past.