With 94 years of insurance experience, the team at American Family understands your biggest home-related risks. That’s why we created Hedge: a system of easy-to-use and affordable smart home devices that help you proactively protect against theft, fire, and water damage.
Not Your Average System
Hedge covers home protection...
- Water damage prevention
- Video monitoring
- Noise detection
- Humidity & temperature monitoring
- Motion detection
- Door & window monitoring
...plus so much more!
- 24/7 issue escalation
via notification, text, call, and emergency contact - On-the-go-access
to the indoor security camera's live feed - No monthly fees for Hedge packages!
SIMPLE
Fast and easy to set up and use
EFFECTIVE
Helps to prevent your biggest home-related risks: theft, fire, and water damage
AFFORDABLE
Plus, it may save you money on homeowners insurance and avoid costly home issues
SECURE
Only you and other users you’ve added to your account can access your devices
CUSTOMIZABLE
Based on your home and preferences
Meet the Hedge Packages
Our Prevent and Protect Packages are your “foundation”: you must choose one before adding on devices to customize your Hedge system. Both packages help you keep an eye on your home when you’re not there and proactively protect against theft, fire, and water damage.
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The Prevent Package
The starter package: your entry into smart home monitoring. Get an instant Hedge App notification if your Indoor Security Camera (SmartCam) detects motion or noise, and access its live stream on the go.
The Protect Package
The standard package and our most popular system. The Protect Package includes the devices featured in the Prevent Package plus motion detection and door & window monitoring for enhanced home protection and security.
Add-On Devices
Customize your Hedge system to fit your home by adding on any of our home protection and security devices to your package.
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Home Protection & Security In Action
Select a device below to see how it can help you proactively protect your family, home, and belongings.
Home Protection & Security In Action
Select a device below to see how it can help you proactively protect your family, home, and belongings.
SmartCam
Alerts you to motion and noise, and records video. Access the camera’s live stream via the Hedge App to check on your home when you’re away.
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Leak Sensor
Alerts you to potential water damage and shifts in humidity and temperature outside a specified range.
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24/7 Issue Escalation
Text, call, and emergency contact escalations in the event of water accumulation or your smoke or carbon monoxide detector going off add an extra layer of protection (at no additional cost!).
Learn More24/7 Issue Escalation
VIA TEXT, CALL, AND EMERGENCY CONTACT
How’s this for peace of mind? Your Hedge devices send you an immediate notification if it detect abnormal or unexpected activity. And for certain “high-priority” events, our 24/7 escalation process will activate.
This means a series of additional notifications, texts, and calls will be made to you and other users on your account — followed by your emergency contact — until you open the Hedge App, signaling you’ve received the communication.
Learn How Issue Escalation Works
What Else Makes Hedge Different?
LET’S TALK ABOUT WATER
With water flowing through so many areas of the home — bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, and basement — it’s no surprise that water damage is the most common type of homeowners insurance claim.
Even if you haven’t experienced water damage yourself, you likely know somebody who has and understand how disruptive and upsetting it can be. How surprising, then, that most home systems fail to acknowledge water-related issues!
Hedge is different. Included in all Hedge packages are three Leak Sensors that address the very real potential for water damage head-on: by alerting you to even a drop of water accumulation (as little as .5mm) plus shifts in humidity and temperature outside your specified range, which could indicate a water-related problem like freezing pipes or mold.
The Hedge App
Connecting You To Your Devices
Your Hedge devices alert you to potential issues via an instant Hedge App notification. To use Hedge, you’ll need a smartphone capable of downloading our app and Wi-Fi in the home you’d like to monitor.
What Triggers an App Notification?
*While SmartCams can’t detect smoke or carbon monoxide, it can listen for and alert you to the 3100Hz frequency emitted by standard detectors.
Enter: 24/7 Issue Escalations! We’ve thought about that too. We understand that you might not always be available to receive a Hedge App notification on your phone. That’s why Hedge includes a 24/7 issue escalation process — at no additional cost or monthly fee.
In the event of “high-priority” events — your smoke or carbon monoxide detector going off, or water accumulation — the escalation process will activate, and a series of additional notifications, texts, and calls will be made to you and other users on your account, followed by your emergency contact. The escalation process deactivates when you open your Hedge App, signaling you’re aware of the potentially problematic event.
How Hedge Works
It shouldn’t take an engineering degree to install a home protection and security system. Getting set up with Hedge is easy. Here’s how it works.
- Learn about packages and optional add-on devices.
- Visit our Shop page and purchase your system.
- Use the Hedge App to install your devices (the app will walk you through the process) and place them around your home.
- Monitor your home via the SmartCam’s live stream, receive notifications if your devices detect an issue, and gain peace of mind.
