--- title: The Risks of Hazard Blog | Intermap | Houston description: Houston | A blog that shows the power of location-based solutions in the world of insurance underwriting & risk management. --- [Investors](https://www.intermap.com/investors-2018-0) |[ Partners](https://www.intermap.com/partners-2018-0) |  [WebStore](https://store.intermap.com/MapShop.aspx?GeoLocation=World) [![Intermap Technologies Inc.](https://www.intermap.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Intermap%20Logo%202019%20-%20White.png?width=1656&height=277&name=Intermap%20Logo%202019%20-%20White.png "Intermap Technologies Inc.")](http://intermap.com) # [The Risks of Hazard](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog) ## [Top 10 Blogs of 2017](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/top-10-blogs-of-2017) Posted by [Devin Ward](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/devin-ward) on Dec 27, 2017 3:33:19 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/Top10blogs-01.png) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/top-10-blogs-of-2017) The holidays, less New Year's, are now behind us. We at the Risks of Hazard hope your holidays were filled with joy and warm receptions from family, friends, acquaintances, or at least an A/C unit. With 2018 around the corner, we want to say thanks for reading and take a look at our most popular blogs from the past year. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/top-10-blogs-of-2017) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/top-10-blogs-of-2017#comments-listing) Topics: [Underwriting Profit](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/underwriting-profit), [NFIP](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/nfip), [Houston](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/houston) ## [“Flooding was not even a possibility,” Said the Builder in Houston](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/12/flooding-was-not-even-a-possibility-said-the-builder-in-houston-0-1) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Dec 5, 2017 4:15:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hs-fs/hub/395294/file-1618947195.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/12/flooding-was-not-even-a-possibility-said-the-builder-in-houston-0-1) The New York Times continued the national coverage of flood insurance (see [the WSJ last week](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-surprising-state-with-the-highest-hidden-flood-risk-1512046259)) on the weekend with [a long-form piece](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/houston-flood-zone-hurricane-harvey.html?smid=tw-nytclimate&smtyp=cur) on [The Woodlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodlands,_Texas). Their writers (John Schwartz, James Glanz, and Andrew Lehren) went deep on a family who bought their home in The Woodlands in 2011, with the reassurance from the builder that the house was definitely out of the “flood zone”. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/12/flooding-was-not-even-a-possibility-said-the-builder-in-houston-0-1) 9 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/12/flooding-was-not-even-a-possibility-said-the-builder-in-houston-0-1#comments-listing) Topics: [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), [Houston](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/houston) ## [A Real World View of Floods](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/a-real-world-view-of-floods-0-1) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Oct 19, 2017 8:12:28 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/2017%20Houston%20Highway%20Flooded%20small.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/a-real-world-view-of-floods-0-1) It is time to name a 21st century phenomenon by which bad news or possibilities are blown out of  proportion. Examples would be self-diagnosis on the web (by which sniffles can turn into brain cancer), or the appearance that events in the news are worse than they actually are. Maybe we could call it “Negativity Amplification”. We could even look at Harvey to explore it. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/a-real-world-view-of-floods-0-1) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/a-real-world-view-of-floods-0-1#comments-listing) Topics: [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), [Insurance Protection Gap](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/insurance-protection-gap), [Houston](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/houston) ## [Top Risks of Hazard Blogs from Q3](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/top-risks-of-hazard-blogs-from-q3-0-1) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Oct 3, 2017 3:52:56 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/images/top3-Q3-2017-01-01.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/top-risks-of-hazard-blogs-from-q3-0-1) As ever, time is flying, and it’s almost the holiday season of 2017. The good news about fast moving calendars is that we can get to our latest Top 3 blogs from the summer. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/top-risks-of-hazard-blogs-from-q3-0-1) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/10/top-risks-of-hazard-blogs-from-q3-0-1#comments-listing) Topics: [Geocoding](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/geocoding), [Effective Underwriting](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/effective-underwriting), [NFIP](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/nfip), [Houston](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/houston) ## [Insurance Solutions for Emerging Markets…and Maybe Texas](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/09/insurance-solutions-for-emerging-markets-and-maybe-texas-0-1) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Sep 26, 2017 3:17:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/images/2017%20Houston%20Streets%20Flooded.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/09/insurance-solutions-for-emerging-markets-and-maybe-texas-0-1) Here is a Reuters [article](http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-insurance-disasters/insurance-could-cut-29-billion-natural-disaster-bill-for-poor-nations-idUKKBN19X1I9) from July (pre-Harvey and the rest of this year’s storms) that explores how parametric flood insurance is a viable way to get necessary coverage in place to help cover the vast Asian [protection gap](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/07/swiss-re-and-am-best-on-the-protection-gap). A little extra research turns up parametric programs in [Bangladesh](http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2013/08/21/new-parametric-flood-index-insurance-pilot-launched-in-bangladesh/), and then [China](http://www.artemis.bm/blog/2016/08/03/parametric-insurance-launched-for-farmers-in-china-backed-by-swiss-re/). Very cool stuff. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/09/insurance-solutions-for-emerging-markets-and-maybe-texas-0-1) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/09/insurance-solutions-for-emerging-markets-and-maybe-texas-0-1#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), [NFIP](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/nfip), [Houston](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/houston) [All posts](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/all) [Next](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/houston/page/2) ## [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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