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The combined risk of tropical storms and floods

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Growing broker involvement in parametric - The Parametric Post Issue 41

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2022 losses highlight the importance of secondary climate perils

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Parametric companies raise $300m in 2022 - The Parametric Post Issue 39

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Daniel Grimwood-Bird, McKenzie Intelligence Services & Troy Stewart, Brush Claims: The partners improving post claims loss assessment

McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) provides catastrophe event response intelligence to the insurance market.

Property intelligence: understanding the “where” and “what” for climate risk

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Climate risk: accessing property data

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Parametric MGA to parametric insurer - The Parametric Post Issue 33

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Podcasts and Partnerships

This week, Matthew and Henry talk parametric insurance and more details on next week’s InsTech in London event at The Steel Yard. 

InsTech News: Embedded microinsurance insights and cyber underwriting opportunities

This week, a final call for our members' parametric insurance briefing and where insurers and others think the biggest opportunities lie for new cyber underwriting tools.

McKenzie​​ Intelligence Services: providing data-driven intelligence

Ali Smedley caught up with McKenzie Intelligence Services’ Rosina Smith and Daniel Grimwood-Bird to talk about the company’s catastrophe response platform, how it has been reporting on the Ukraine

InsTech News - Lloyd’s Lab: An innovation hub at the heart of it all

This week, insights from MAPFRE about the future of InsurTech, recent partnerships and how to register for our live chat next week.

Climate risk: assessing rebuild value

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Parametric Insurance in 2022: the 150+ companies to watch

Parametric insurance has existed for over 20 years, but its use has grown recently due to new technologies and data sources.

Property Remote Claims Assessment - the 40 Companies to Watch

Customers want a faster, less painful way to have their claims paid. Insurers have been burning up cash with inefficient processes.

Climate risk: An issue for today and tomorrow

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InsTech News: Satellite insights and cyber stress tests

This week, ICEYE and MIS explain how satellite data becomes actionable flood insights and CPP Group expands its travel insurance portfolio. Read on for more on new partnerships for CoreLogic and Addresscloud, and how CyberCube is helping Lloyd’s syndicates stress test cyber perils.

InsTech News: 2022 predictions

This week's podcast explores predictions for insurance in 2022 from 16 innovation experts, and we release details about the Insurtech Israel Virtual Showcase UK.

Near real time hazard data - around us and above us

This week, we’re bringing you the highlights from our recent live event featuring companies providing and using near real time hazard data to speed up claims handling, reduce costs and provide more

A Case Study in Collecting Actionable Data in the Era of Extreme Floods

In July and August 2021, heavy rain hit Northern Europe, followed by Hurricane Ida in the US and the Caribbean, resulting in billions of dollars of loss for the insurance market.

Resilience still needs addressing - Flood Focus Issue 7

Securing net-zero by 2050 and adapting to protect communities and natural habitats were two of COP26’s central goals. Whilst both of these are important, adaptation may have been overlooked during conversations.

COP26: the implications for parametric insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 14

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The Steelyard Edition: Real Time Hazard Data - Around Us and Above Us

Real time hazard data and radar satellite imaging technology are amongst the innovations bringing significant improvements to the insurance claims process and the estimation of portfolio losses.

Accurate insured loss estimates take time - Flood Focus Issue 5

Insured loss estimates from Hurricane Ida were released as soon as 5 days after the tropical storm made landfall in Louisiana. Throughout September these companies have updated their predictions. AIR has updated its estimate to include insured losses from flooding, so its new range is $20 billion to $30 billion. RMS has updated its estimate to between $31 billion and $44 billion, which includes losses from flooding, and CoreLogic predicts up to $8 billion in insured flood losses alone specifically for the US Northeast.

Recent floods expose protection gaps - Flood Focus Issue 3

Throughout July, floods have affected areas across the world. With the release of loss estimates from various modellers, brokers, insurers and other commentators, the size and range of the relative gap between economic loss and insured loss is notable, as well as different loss drivers. In the Henan province floods, in China, the majority of claims have been from motor due to a lack of property flood insurance.

To manage is to measure: observations on the recent European floods

In July 2021 major floods hit parts of western Germany, eastern Belgium, and the Netherlands. To date over 180 people are known to have died and hundreds are still missing.

Location Intelligence 2021 - the Companies to Watch

Our latest report, 'Location Intelligence 2021 - the Companies to Watch: Where, what and how risky?', offers a comprehensive look at the technology helping insurers identify and manage risk.

Your top 15 podcast guests - Jan 2021

Wondering what's happening at leading insurers, challenger brokers, new & established technology companies, and investors?  

Forbes McKenzie: CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services: Data driven intelligence

US Property Exposure Data – is London market getting it’s share

We brought together 14 London market companies and representative