Unbounded time verification of hybrid systems is a challenging problem. In this talk, we discuss how strategy improvement algorithms, as used for the analysis of two-players zero-sum games, can be applied for performing template-based unbounded time verification of hybrid systems using abstract interpretation. In order to do so, we in a first step recast the verification problem into a purely mathematical optimization problem. In a second step, we discuss two recently developed strategy improvement algorithms that can be used to tackle the obtained mathematical optimization problem. Finally, we discuss the consequences of using these approaches for performing template- based unbounded time verification of hybrid systems.