FOSS4G Calgary

Geo in Insurance: from back-office to the front-line

Location is important in all types of insurance and for property insurance it is the key risk factor. It is therefore no surprise that insurers were some of the earliest adopters of GIS. In the digital age however traditional GIS enterprise architectures no-longer scale as geo is going mainstream. In this talk we will explore some key insurance use cases from risk assessment to exposure management and how modern geo services are transforming the insurance business.