Hail: The United States’ most underrated danger
How prepared are you to respond? Each year, thousands of thunderstorms form and pass across various parts of the United States, bringing with them rain, hail, and even lightning. Although the majority of significant hailstorms occur across the Midwest in the spring and early summer, large hail is possible in every state and it’s impossible […]
Press release: McKenzie Intelligence Services launches US market-first product to accelerate response times for major hailstorm events
Insurers and loss adjustor clients will gain data-driven, actionable insights for hailstorm events, with near real-time situational awareness and accurate damage assessments. London, UK – 25 January 2023 – Geospatial intelligence leader, McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), has launched a new peril, Hail, within its award-winning platform, Global Events Observer (GEO), to accelerate incident and claims […]
MIS Consultancy: Quantifying business interruption following a catastrophic hurricane
The client A leading US law firm representing a global insurer on a complex and contentious business interruption claim engaged MIS to create a detailed timeline for claims from a chain of restaurants across the Southern US worth over $25m. The problem Accurately assessing business interruption timelines can be impossible using traditional inspection and investigation […]
McKenzie Intelligence Services partners with Brush Claims to accelerate response times to natural disasters.
UK geospatial intelligence leader to provide real-time data and actionable insights to US insurtech claims solution firm. London, UK – 27 October 2022 – McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a geospatial intelligence leader, and Brush Claims (Brush), an insurtech claims solution firm using innovative proprietary technology, are partnering to accelerate incident and claims responses following catastrophic […]
Fugro and McKenzie Intelligence Services act quickly to aid Hurricane Ian recovery in Florida
London, 04 October 2022: Fugro and McKenzie Intelligence Services act quickly to aid Hurricane Ian recovery in Florida In partnership with McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), Fugro has completed a rapid response mapping project in southwest Florida following Hurricane Ian’s destruction in the state last week. The project involved acquisition of high-resolution aerial imagery over Port […]
MCKENZIE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES PARTNERS WITH MARKEL INTERNATIONAL TO PROVIDE ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE FOLLOWING MAJOR LOSS EVENTS
London, 30 August 2022: Leading Insurtech McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) announces that Markel International (Markel), a subsidiary of Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL), has partnered with MIS to accelerate its incident and claims responses following major loss events, including natural catastrophes. Markel has been using MIS’s AI-powered Global Events Observer (GEO) platform for its Lloyd’s syndicate […]
DOMINQUE MORIZET JOINS MIS AS A STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER
Dominique Morizet has joined MIS’ sales and marketing team as a Strategic Account Manager, where he will assist clients in maximising the GEO platform and actionable intelligence throughout their exposure management and claims processes. Before joining us, he worked for Prevail Partners, a leading security advisory firm, where he served as a programme manager responsible […]
THE FUTURE OF CLAIMS: LEVERAGING DATA AND USING INTELLIGENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Mandatory evacuations, lack of access, and the scale of damage from a catastrophic event can cause it to be difficult for a policyholder to file an insurance claim following a natural disaster to cover the loss of personal property, commercial property, or business interruption. Customers commonly deal with insurance company agents only when they submit […]
GEO TURNS ONE!
Global Events Observer, known as GEO, was developed in 2021 using co-funding from the European Space Agency’s Business Applications programme. Since then, GEO has accumulated over 900 users across both Lloyd’s of London and the wider insurance market. In addition, #GEO now services 56 major international insurers and risk exposures worldwide. In just a year, […]
Hurricane Ida: Providing clients with Clarity After The Storm
we can enable a much more nuanced assessment of their loss footprint and help speed up the process for claims payments, ease the extent of claims costs, and, most importantly, benefit the policyholder. – MIS The Situation Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana on the 29th of August 2021, quickly becoming the second deadliest storm on record […]