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Why Geocoding and Data Enrichment Matter in Modern Insurance

Flooding in Ireland: Why Cities Like Cork and Dublin Are ‘Sitting Ducks’

KatRisk announces acquisition of Gamma, expanding capabilities in Location Intelligence and Property Risk Assessment 

Ten Year Later – Eircode, You Were Never Useless

Gamma Location Intelligence provides insurers and MGAs with accurate location data to support underwriting decisions. Chief Commercial Officer Richard Garry joins Matthew Grant on Podcast 140 to discuss the key issues of concern to insurers, pinpointing risks through geocoding, and much more.

Gamma Location Intelligence, which provides risk assessment technology to Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance companies, predicts that it will generate £5 million in revenues in the UK market by 2025. This follows a deal the location risk solution provider has signed with MGAM, an industry leader which is transforming the landscape of the insurance market.

InsTech London's latest report, 'Location Intelligence 2021 - the Companies to Watch: Where, what and how risky?', offers a comprehensive look at the technology helping insurers identify and manage risk, plus profiles of more than 50 companies that are leading the way in the provision of location intelligence.

Gamma Location Intelligence is pleased to announce that it has recently entered into a partnership with MetSwift. This new partnership will give Gamma LI’s customers access to MetSwift’s parametric weather risk insights through its Perilfinder™ platform.

Richard Garry talks to InsTech London's Simon Fyles about location intelligence innovation, climate change risks, and how Gamma Location Intelligence helps insurers reduce risk by harnessing AI, data science and spatial analytics to produce solutions to geographical questions.

Jason will be responsible for leading the company’s commercial team in EMEA, with a focus on location intelligence cloud-hosted tools and services. His role will oversee all aspects of business development in the UK market and further afield, including sales growth and account management.

Together, they have created Ireland’s first retrofit energy efficiency calculator, which shows Irish homeowners how to reduce energy usage and costs through retrofitting.

If you didn’t get the opportunity to check out the second GeoInsurance Ireland webinar, which discussed new data developments and the use of geospatial data in parametric insurance and motor fraud modelling, here’s a short overview. You can also watch it on-demand.

If you didn’t get the opportunity to check out the first GeoInsurance Ireland webinar, which focused on what’s new in geolocation for the insurance sector, and how advances in artificial intelligence are facilitating the development of new risk models, here’s a short overview. You can also watch it on-demand.

InsTech London<br>Member Spotlight:<br> Gamma LI

Richard Garry talks to InsTech London's Simon Fyles about location intelligence innovation, climate change risks, and how Gamma Location Intelligence helps insurers reduce risk by harnessing AI, data science and spatial analytics to produce solutions to geographical questions.

How will retail chains change after Covid?

In terms of the economic impact of Covid-19, few would argue that the retail and hospitality sectors haven’t suffered most. And as with the pandemic itself, the retail categories with existing underlying issues are experiencing the severest impacts. Those with efficient store networks and established digital channels fared best. And the omnichannel balance will be just as crucial going forward.

Gamma LI Appoints Jason Day as Head of Location Intelligence Solutions for EMEA

Jason will be responsible for leading the company’s commercial team in EMEA, with a focus on location intelligence cloud-hosted tools and services. His role will oversee all aspects of business development in the UK market and further afield, including sales growth and account management.
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Gamma Location Intelligence partners with BERWOW to create Ireland’s first retrofit energy efficiency solution

Together, they have created Ireland’s first retrofit energy efficiency calculator, which shows Irish homeowners how to reduce energy usage and costs through retrofitting.

Webinar Overview: GeoInsurance Ireland – Part 2

If you didn’t get the opportunity to check out the second GeoInsurance Ireland webinar, which discussed new data developments and the use of geospatial data in parametric insurance and motor fraud modelling, here’s a short overview. You can also watch it on-demand.

Webinar Overview: GeoInsurance Ireland – Part 1

If you didn’t get the opportunity to check out the first GeoInsurance Ireland webinar, which focused on what’s new in geolocation for the insurance sector, and how advances in artificial intelligence are facilitating the development of new risk models, here’s a short overview. You can also watch it on-demand.
Property Risk Insights

WEBINAR: GeoInsurance and Climate Change – How Must Our Models Change?

|n this Webinar, Gamma’s Richard Cantwell will present his recent white papers regarding the effects of climate change on property in the UK & Ireland and its potential impact on the insurance sector.
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Climate change impact to put millions of properties in Great Britain at risk by 2050

Britan's climate is changing, and the effects will be widespread and varied across the country. We have worked closely with recognised experts in the domains of flooding and subsidence, Ambiental and Terrafirma respectively, to assess the impact of Britains changing climate on properties.
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Gamma partners with Ordnance Survey to enhance data accuracy in the UK market

Gamma has agreed a partnership with Ordnance Survey (OS) to deliver the full set of data published by OS through its Perilfinder™ platform. This partnership will allow Gamma to move beyond open data, where greater accuracy is demanded. The full suite of OS datasets will help to enhance Gamma’s risk assessment offering and support its expansion into the UK market.
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Parametric Insurance – How is Location Intelligence Driving It Forward?

As climate change impacts make weather related events more frequent and severe, we may need to consider the scope of the traditional insurance indemnification model and perhaps consider alternative approaches such as parametric.

Gamma partners with BGS to extend their peril data portfolio offering for the UK market

Gamma has integrated the BGS GeoSure Insurance Product range of subsidence datasets into their Perilfinder™ APIs and underwriting mapping solution to provide greater insights for their clients, as they continue their expansion into the UK market.
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Gamma strikes data deal as part of £1.8M investment in risk assessment platform

Gamma is today announcing a new partnership with UK-based flood risk data specialists, Ambiental Risk Analytics, which will help to enhance Gamma’s risk assessment offering and support its expansion in other markets, including the UK.

KatRisk announces acquisition of Gamma, expanding capabilities in Location Intelligence and Property Risk Assessment