Marc Treacy

6/22/2021 - 1 min read

Virtual inspections give insurers a leg up, down on the farm

From quote to renewal, a virtual inspections are a good option for insurers to account for risks while promoting safety and maintaining the workflow of a farm.

5/6/2020 - 4 min read

Commercial properties may be shut, but it’s open season for spring flooding

The COVID-19 pandemic has the full attention of commercial insurance policyholders, but an active spring flooding forecast still presents a range of threats.

8/22/2019 - 2 min read

Private personal flood market whips up a wave of opportunity

Private personal flood insurance market has new tools and data to support a comeback—and substantial, measurable potential for insurers that are ready to make strategic moves.

4/8/2019 - 4 min read

Flooding on Russian River highlights a measurable exposure

The near-record flooding of Guerneville, California, from the overflowing the Russian River in late February was a remarkable but foreseeable event. Extensive data supported classification of virtually the entire town as being at least at moderate risk of flooding, with the vast majority of locations at high or extreme risk.

10/24/2018 - 1 min read

WaterLine offers location-specific risk analytics for flood

As growing numbers of U.S. homes and businesses become vulnerable to flooding, private insurers are seeing a potential new pathway for profitable growth—but they need underwriting tools to help them launch or refine programs to cover this risk.

10/11/2018 - 4 min read

How insurers can take back control of flood risk

The insurance industry has been largely content to let coverage flow through the government’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), with limited availability in the private market, especially for personal property. But that needs to change.

6/29/2018 - 5 min read

A flood is not always a flood

For agents, fallacies about flood insurance coverage can lead to dissatisfied customers, and an uninsured or under insured flood loss may provoke a lawsuit.

8/28/2017 - 3 min read

What Hurricane Harvey teaches us about flood exposure

6/28/2017 - 5 min read

The future of flood insurance

Imagine for a moment that you’re living in an old house in the Northeast when a flood strikes your neighborhood.