--- title: The Risks of Hazard Blog | Intermap | Risk Management (2) description: Risk Management | A blog that shows the power of location-based solutions in the world of insurance underwriting & risk management. (2) --- [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) ## [Private Flood at the Crossroads – Sink (pun intended) or Swim?](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/private-flood-at-the-crossroads-skin-or-swim) Posted by [Bill Raymor](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/bill-raymor) on Jun 14, 2017 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/Blog/00134066-insurance-challenges.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/private-flood-at-the-crossroads-skin-or-swim) 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. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/private-flood-at-the-crossroads-skin-or-swim) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/private-flood-at-the-crossroads-skin-or-swim#comments-listing) Topics: [Flood Insurance](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-insurance), [Risk Management](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/risk-management), [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) ## [The Multi-media Flood Edition](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-multi-media-flood-edition) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Jun 7, 2017 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/Blog/iStock_000003869549_Small.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-multi-media-flood-edition) This week’s blog features a recent video from AM Best TV, and a podcast from InsNerds.com. First the video. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-multi-media-flood-edition) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2017/06/the-multi-media-flood-edition#comments-listing) Topics: [Flood Insurance](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-insurance), [Risk Management](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/risk-management), [Flood Risk](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-risk) ## [We Want To Hear from You](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/12/we-want-to-hear-from-you) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Dec 1, 2016 2:26:22 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/Blog/Survey%20Blog.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/12/we-want-to-hear-from-you) The Risks of Hazard is going to try something new in January 2017, and we need your help, gentle reader. [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/12/we-want-to-hear-from-you) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/12/we-want-to-hear-from-you#comments-listing) Topics: [InsitePro](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/insitepro), [Risk Management](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/risk-management), [Survey](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/survey) ## [An Underwriting View of Cat Bonds](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/an-underwriting-view-of-cat-bonds) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Nov 16, 2016 9:21:05 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/Blog/Protection-gap-1.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/an-underwriting-view-of-cat-bonds) As regular readers of The Risks of Hazard know, this blog focuses on the primary underwriting of cat risk, and the benefits of better underwriting that can be realized by insurers and society at large. Thus, catastrophe bonds are a topic that rarely come up in our discussions. However, the [protection gap](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/08/a-homeowners-view-of-the-protection-gap) does (and [does](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/07/swiss-re-and-am-best-on-the-protection-gap) and [does](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/02/growth-in-the-protection-gap)!). When The Intelligent Insurer published this paragraph-length headline - [ILS Leads the Way ... and May Help Closing the Protection Gap](http://www.intelligentinsurer.com/news/industry-insight-ils-leads-the-way-in-catastrophe-markets-and-may-help-closing-the-protection-gap-10318) - it was inevitable that cat bonds would make their debut in the blog. Cat bonds, or Insurance Linked Securities (ILS), are far removed from the act of underwriting a cat risk – in fact, they are at opposite ends of insurance. Cat bonds are the final divestment of risk from the insurance industry into capital markets, (unless they bypass insurance completely, as with the [MetroCat cat bond](http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-secures-200-million-insurance-protection-future-sandy-storms)), while underwriting is how the risks get into the industry. Granted they are so far apart, how does underwriting relate to cat bonds? [Read More](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/an-underwriting-view-of-cat-bonds) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/an-underwriting-view-of-cat-bonds#comments-listing) Topics: [Flood Insurance](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/flood-insurance), [Risk Management](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/risk-management), [Private Flood](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/private-flood), [Insurance Protection Gap](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/topic/insurance-protection-gap) ## [The Butterfly Has Landed – Rating all the Risks](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/the-butterfly-has-landed-rating-all-the-risks) Posted by [Ivan Maddox](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/author/ivan-maddox) on Nov 2, 2016 8:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.intermap.com/hubfs/Blog/butterfly%20blog%20post%20-%20Nov.%202.jpg) ](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/11/the-butterfly-has-landed-rating-all-the-risks) Earlier this year, we introduced the concept of the butterfly chart at the Risks of Hazard. To quickly summarize what the [butterfly chart](https://www.intermap.com/risks-of-hazard-blog/2016/03/the-butterfly-effect-and-insuring-flood-risk) is, there are two distinct opportunities for underwriters to grow flood premium each forms a wing of the butterfly. 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