Do you ever read or watch something and say out loud: “yes”? That was my reaction to this AM Best TV clip from last week. Just a simple, out loud “yes”.
Topics: Flood Insurance, Flood Modeling, Flood Risk
As The Risks of Hazard has mentioned before (and even before that), it is incredible how little attention wildfire receives from underwriters and carriers. The huge fires in Tennessee last autumn didn’t change that, and the January fires in Florida didn’t either.
Topics: Wildfire
The Weather Network is broadcasting their 2017 summer forecast for the United States. Yep, the whole country for the next 3 months…because local forecasts a week in advance are so great, this must be really good stuff! Sarcasm aside… at least they are not being too precise, but rather giving generalized information relative to “normal”.
Topics: Flood Insurance, Wildfire, Hurricane
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.
Topics: Flood Insurance, Insurance Protection Gap, Canada Flood Risk
Private Flood at the Crossroads – Sink (pun intended) or Swim?
Posted by Bill Raymor on Jun 14, 2017 8:00:00 AM
At Intermap Technologies we write about the ever-changing landscape of insurance, government, and natural catastrophe. Because of the pending reauthorization plans for the NFIP (H.R.1423 - National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2017) currently working its way through Congress, our most recent blogs have been centered around flood.
Topics: Flood Insurance, Risk Management, Flood Risk, Insurance Protection Gap