July 20, 2021
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. It is impossible to come up with accurate insured loss estimates so soon after an event, but ...
June 30, 2021
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June 18, 2021
Geospatial intelligence for forestry risk
Tesselo is one of the companies looking to help its clients manage the impact of climate change, using satellite data and remote sensing to monitor tree and crop health and support forest owners and farmers in mitigating risks.
The company, based in Lisbon, is ...
May 26, 2021
The NFIP: Changes and opportunities
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is undergoing its first major update in 50 years. The private sector has already been involved in this update, and is likely to play an increasingly important role in the flood insurance market across the US.
Background
Flooding is the ...
April 30, 2021
US flood – lessons learnt from the UK
Flood is the most pervasive hazard in the United States, but despite the huge scale of the risk there are major challenges around the provision of adequate flood cover based on accurate, real-time data.
JBA Risk Management has spent the past decade ...
March 19, 2021
Understanding flood – from research to risk assessment
Changes to the US government’s National Flood Insurance Programme have created opportunities for insurers to offer alternative solutions for protection against flood risk.
Fathom is one of the technology companies helping insurers to do that by providing accurate flood modelling hazard data for the ...
March 5, 2021
Your satellite will be with you shortly: Rapid flood loss assessment
Using its own constellation of microsatellites, ICEYE is providing insurers with high-resolution, building-level flood depths around the world immediately after an event.
VP of Solutions Charles Blanchet joins Matthew to discuss how the company is making satellite technology commercially viable, and how insurers are now ...
February 26, 2021
Short term climate variability – forecasting with confidence
The ability to accurately forecast annual changes in the likelihood of damaging hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons occurring has been a challenge in the past. Now, with advances in technology, research and the use of AI, new companies are emerging with techniques to provide ...
February 22, 2021
Member Spotlight: Gamma Location Intelligence
Gamma Location Intelligence harnesses AI, data science and spatial analytics to produce solutions to geographical questions. Chief Commercial Officer Richard Garry talks to Simon about location intelligence innovation and how Gamma is helping insurers to reduce risk.
Simon: Can you start with some background ...
January 6, 2021
The Friends’ Forecast 2021 – Five more themes, 20 people, Part Two
We had so many great predictions for 2021 when we crowdsourced 20 InsTech London friends for their opinion, I’ve published it in two parts. Part One – the first six predictions – is here. And the radio edit podcast was published on 3rd January on and already ...
January 2, 2021
The Friends’ Forecasts 2021 – 20 People’s Predictions
After the rollercoaster of 2020 it’s a brave soul that’s willing to commit to what 2021 will look like. But running a global network of talented and successful people means that we have been able to dip into the collective wisdom of 20 of our friends ...
October 29, 2020
Insurance product innovation at scale
Founded in 1863, Swiss Re is one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies and is well known for its innovative use of technology, data and willingness to address global issues like climate change.
Head of Property & Speciality Solutions Gianni Biason joins Matthew on Podcast 109 ...
