Bias in Underwriting

Posted by Ivan Maddox on Jul 19, 2017 8:00:00 AM

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”.

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Flood Modeling, Flood Risk

An Underwriter’s U.S. Summer Weather Report

Posted by Ivan P. Maddox on Jun 28, 2017 1:59:32 PM

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”.

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Wildfire, Hurricane

The Canada Flood Risk Summit – In Review

Posted by Ivan Maddox on Jun 20, 2017 8:00:00 AM

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.

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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.

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Risk Management, Flood Risk, Insurance Protection Gap

The Multi-media Flood Edition

Posted by Ivan Maddox on Jun 7, 2017 8:00:00 AM

This week’s blog features a recent video from AM Best TV, and a podcast from InsNerds.com. First the video.

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Topics: Flood Insurance, Risk Management, Flood Risk

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