--- title: The Risks of Hazard Blog | Intermap | Ivan Maddox (5) description: Ivan Maddox is a Geomatics Engineer (University of Calgary, ’96), who has performed surveying and remote sensing projects all over the world. Before settling in Denver, he lived in Lyon, London, Montréal and Brisbane. He is the Product Manager for InsitePro at Intermap, and is the Executive Vice President for commercial solutions. When not leveraging data, Ivan enjoys leveraging the mountains, books, all things culinary, and playing with his kids. 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Find me on: ### Recent Posts ## [What would an Underwriter Say If…?](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/08/what-would-an-underwriter-say-if-) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Aug 1, 2017 10:24:17 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hs-fs/hub/395294/file-1401714572.png) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/08/what-would-an-underwriter-say-if-) What would an underwriter say if they heard that a monumental amount of unwritten premium was about to become available in a few months? This is something property underwriters are contemplating as the NFIP re-authorization approaches. But is that the right question? [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/08/what-would-an-underwriter-say-if-) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/08/what-would-an-underwriter-say-if-#comments-listing) Topics: [Insurance Underwriting](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/insurance-underwriting), [Underwriting Profit](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/underwriting-profit), [Effective Underwriting](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/effective-underwriting) ## [Top 3 Risks of Hazard Posts – Dog Days Edition](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/top-3-risks-of-hazard-posts-dog-days-edition) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Jul 24, 2017 2:14:39 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Top%203%202017.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/top-3-risks-of-hazard-posts-dog-days-edition) Here we are in the dog days of summer, and because we can’t just [write about wildfires](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/wildfire-season-is-here-again-as-always) every week it’s time for the Top 3 posts from Q2. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/top-3-risks-of-hazard-posts-dog-days-edition) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/top-3-risks-of-hazard-posts-dog-days-edition#comments-listing) Topics: [Natural Hazard Risk](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/natural-hazard-risk), [Flood Insurance](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-insurance), [Flood Risk](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-risk), [Flood News](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-news) ## [Bias in Underwriting](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/bias-in-underwriting) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Jul 19, 2017 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/images/GeoPro/Thumbs%20up%20-%20YES.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/bias-in-underwriting) Do you ever read or watch something and say out loud: “yes”? That was my reaction to [this AM Best TV clip](http://www.ambest.com/video/video.aspx?rc=tooker617) from last week. Just a simple, out loud “yes”. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/bias-in-underwriting) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/bias-in-underwriting#comments-listing) Topics: [Flood Insurance](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-insurance), [Flood Modeling](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-modeling), [Flood Risk](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-risk) ## [Wildfire Season Is Here, Again, As Always](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/wildfire-season-is-here-again-as-always) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Jul 12, 2017 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/images/Wildfire.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/wildfire-season-is-here-again-as-always) As The Risks of Hazard has [mentioned before](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/05/this-is-why-insurers-overlook-wildfire-but-shouldnt) (and even [before](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/03/why-are-carriers-still-ignoring-wildfire) that), it is incredible how little attention wildfire receives from underwriters and carriers. The huge fires in [Tennessee last autumn](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/wildfires-at-thanksgiving) didn’t change that, and the [January fires in Florida](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/03-wildfire-season-starts-always) didn’t either. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/wildfire-season-is-here-again-as-always) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/07/wildfire-season-is-here-again-as-always#comments-listing) Topics: [Wildfire](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/wildfire) ## [The Canada Flood Risk Summit – In Review](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-canada-flood-risk-summit-in-review) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Jun 20, 2017 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/images/June%202013%20Flooded%20Calgary.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-canada-flood-risk-summit-in-review) Last week, we were at the Flood Risk Summit in Toronto. It was a forum intended to share information among insurers, brokers, and government (local and provincial). It was amazing to see what is happening in Canada on flood insurance, and definitely worth a review here. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-canada-flood-risk-summit-in-review) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-canada-flood-risk-summit-in-review#comments-listing) Topics: [Flood Insurance](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-insurance), [Insurance Protection Gap](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/insurance-protection-gap), [Canada Flood Risk](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/canada-flood-risk) [Previous](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox/page/4) [All posts](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/all) [Next](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox/page/6) ## [The Risks of Hazard Blog](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog)   [![rss-feed](https://www.intermap.com/hs-fs/hub/395294/file-2218415117-png/images/rss-feed.png?width=27&name=rss-feed.png)](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/rss.xml) Welcome to The Risks of Hazard, brought to you by Intermap Technologies®. 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