FLOOD INSURANCE

Deep water

Complex and unpredictable, flood hazards have typically been insured only by state or federal agencies and a select few private companies. Today, advanced modeling and data innovation are enabling the emergence of more options for those at risk.

Reducing risk

A growing challenge

As climate change increases flood risk, market response becomes ever more urgent. Combining property insurance ratemaking, advanced underwriting technologies, and pricing and profitability analysis, today’s flood insurance market is advancing toward a brighter future.

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Flood warning: working to provide better coverage

Re-examining one of the least-insured perils

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Advanced analytics for a competitive edge

Milliman Pixel can quickly give insurance companies an accurate picture of how competitive they are.

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Podcast

Critical Point Episode 17: The future of flood insurance

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U.S. private flood insurance: The journey to build a new market

In recent years, the private flood sector has grown rapidly and will likely…
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Climate gentrification and the role of flood insurance

The visibility of climate’s impact on property hazard is increasingly…
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Eye of the storm: Data modelling brings new hope for flood-prone homes

Regular floods, whether due to hurricanes or simply heavy rainfall, are wreaking…
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Wading into the private insurance market

This articles explores some questions and challenges for aspiring U.S. private…
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White Paper

Political winds in a peak hurricane state

Given the volatile political – not to mention atmospheric – winds,…
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Four ways Hurricane Florence could ricochet across the insurance industry

As information emerges about the direct impacts of Florence, we examine four…
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What could private flood insurance look like in New Jersey and New York?

Milliman recently collaborated with Risk Management Solutions, Inc. to model a…
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Pixel

Identify new market sectors, pinpoint adverse selection, and make better pricing decisions with a web-based premium comparison tool.

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PinPoint

Milliman PinPoint delivers relevant geographic rating insights to your system at the point of decision through a simple API.

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Market exposure & risk analytics

Market baskets

Market baskets are portfolios of hypothetical risks with realistic distributions of characteristics used for property and flood insurance pricing.

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Understand the impact of a large event on your portfolio, including analysis of loss-expected contract carve outs.

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Manage threats and opportunities related to complex non-financial risks among people, systems, and the external environment.

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Enterprise risk management

Embed ERM best practices into your organization to create a structured and sustainable business management process.

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Flood insurance

Improve flood insurance with independent flood rating and underwriting, ratemaking, and competitive analysis.

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Predictive analytics solutions

Uncover valuable information hidden in your data, allowing you to take action on key business insight.

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