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How can insurance providers gain more flood risk insight?
Analysis by the Environment Agency indicates that there could be a large increase - of up to 50% - in the number of houses built on flood plains over the next 50 years. This blog highlights how home insurance providers can leverage geospatial data to mitigate flood risk exposure.
FCA report on insurance for multi-occupancy buildings
Following the Grenfell tragedy, the cost of buildings insurance to residential leaseholders and other property owners of multi-occupancy buildings has increased. This report examines the causes of those increases and sets out a range of recommendations and potential remedies to address the issues.
Grenfell: Five years on
Over five years have passed since 72 victims lost their lives after a fire ripped through a building featuring unsafe cladding. This article investigates what insurers have learnt from this, how building standards have moved on and if the prospects of similar tragedies have been ruled out.
Property intelligence the where and what: The 50+ companies to know
Accurately locating a property and understanding its attributes is essential to supporting underwriting and premium determination. This report reviews the latest trends and technologies in acquiring information for geocoding, and profiles the companies who provide solutions in this space.
Tamping down wildfire threats: How insurers can mitigate risks and losses
This Tamping down wildfire threats report discusses how insurers are poised to aid at-risk communities through pre-emptive mitigation leveraging advanced data technologies and data, and by offering community-based catastrophe insurance programs.
Fears rise over flood affordability for all UK homes
The Bank of England has warned in its latest Stress Test that if no additional action is taken on climate change, then insurance could become unaffordable to some UK homes when Flood Re ends in 2039. This article investigates.
Stemming a rising tide: How insurers can close the flood protection gap
The role of insurers in closing the flood protection gap can be a crucial one, and the time to act is now. This report focuses on the state of global flood risk and highlights how insurers are well-positioned to promote a broad resilience mindset focused on pre-emptive mitigation and rapid recovery.
Get more accurate wildfire risk and fire protection scores
Comprising more than 1,400 property and casualty risk factors for any U.S. address, HazardHub is the most comprehensive P&C risk data set ever created by Guidewire. Read this blog to find out how HazardHub in Flaine helps underwriters and actuaries manage wildfire and property risks.
Video: Enabling proactive wildfire protection
Are insurance companies ready for rising global wildfire risk? In this video, Laura Drabik, chief evangelist at Guidewire Software reveals how insurers can proactively meet this pressing threat to the people they protect everywhere.
Intelligence: Sustainable planning
With new measures being introduced to facilitate resilient repairs, this article investigates whether these steps go far enough to help insurers and their customers when faced with building claims.