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Wildfires have cost the insurance industry more than $70 billion over the last decade. Early detection and fire prevention strategies are the most effective ways of reducing losses. But to stop the burning quickly, we need to understand how wildfires are starting.

InsTech’s Ali Smedley recently sat down with Paul Drury, Director of Product Development at GeoSmart Information, to discuss why insurers should be thinking about groundwater flooding and what the company can do to help.

Supply chains have become longer, more international and more time-sensitive for decades, creating complex networks of dependency and risk.

InsTech’s Ali Smedley recently sat down with Mitiga Solutions’ EarthScan™ team to discuss its newest climate intelligence tool, how insurers and corporates are using it and why the company is continuing to invest in climate science expertise.

InsTech’s Ali Smedley recently spoke to Rebecca Fuller, Managing Director and Global Fixed Asset Advisory Services Leader at Kroll, about the company’s property insurance offering. Rebecca and her large team assists global corporates, brokers and insurance companies with valuation issues.

Ali Smedley speaks to Bevis Tetlow, CEO at Imaginera, about what an ‘underwriting cockpit’ is, the flexibility of the company’s underwriting platform Orca and how it caters for the end-to-end journey of an underwriting submission from receipt through to claims.

Member Spotlight: Swiss Re Swiss Re Corporate Solutions launched Risk Data & Services (RDS) in 2022 to support corporates with risk management. It currently offers solutions around property exposure management, sustainability and supply chain resilience. Why did Swiss Re Corporate Solutions create RDS? During discussions with ...

InsTech’s Ali Smedley speaks to Dag Lohman, CEO and Co-founder of KatRisk, about how climate data is built into its hurricane and flood models, the data challenges of ESG reporting and what is needed to create catastrophe models.

InsTech’s Henry Gale speaks to Mike Barr, CEO and Founder of iQcodex, about the inefficiencies in delegated authority underwriting for insurers and how better data and process management can help insurers become more profitable.

InsTech’s Ali Smedley speaks with Paul Templar, Founder and CEO at VIPR, about the company’s approach to partnerships, the importance of efficient data exchange and how VIPR is encouraging the use of artificial intelligence within the company.

My leisure time is dominated by two things – sport and wine. It may be difficult to imagine now, but on the sports front I was blessed with a modicum of talent, although even in my prime I showed limited commitment to making best use of ...

In conversation with: CelsiusPro Since its foundation in 2008, CelsiusPro has specialised in parametric insurance solutions to help clients worldwide mitigate the effects of extreme weather and natural catastrophes. The company provides products, technology, and consulting services. In September 2023 it announced the acquisition of UK-based Global ...