Webinar: Geospatial Data Sustainability: Why It Matters for P&C Insurers by Ecopia AI

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About This Webinar

The insurance industry is no stranger to geospatial data and analytics. Today’s top P&C carriers rely on a mix of geocoding and GIS-powered risk assessment to price policies, manage claims, optimize reinsurance strategies, and more. But with all of the innovation that’s happened in the industry in recent years, many insurers are experiencing geospatial fatigue. The complexity of the data sourcing, cleaning, updating, and sharing workflows necessary to effectively implement top geospatial strategies across an organization is rapidly draining time and resources, and some insurers are struggling to see the ROI. Combined with the effort needed to optimize analytics processes, cost, and computing, this lack of data lineage across departments has many carriers feeling like detailed geospatial analysis is unsustainable for their organizations.

In this webinar, we’ll break down the causes of geospatial fatigue in insurance and explore how carriers can overcome these challenges and build a sustainable analytics process with a unified source of AI-powered property intelligence.

Note: This webinar will be recorded. A copy of the recording will be shared with all registrants. So don't miss out and sign up now!

Presenters

Thomas Phillips

Head of Geo Innovation & Insights at Swiss Re

Thomas is the owner of all geo-related datasets at Swiss Re, responsible for the sourcing, processing, publishing, and hosting of data used in spatial analytics across the Swiss Re portfolio. He focuses on optimizing already existing data architecture, processes, and models with new innovative approaches to improve stability, scalability and performance. Thomas has experience working with scientists, engineers, brokers, stakeholders, and decision-makers to develop the best scientific solution without losing focus on the economic benefit. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography, Civil Engineering, and Remote Sensing from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Cory Isaacson

CEO at reThought Insurance

As an experienced insurance thought leader and software executive, Cory has run over 7 companies in his career with 5 successful acquisitions. Most recently he accomplished a successful turnaround product as CTO of RMS and is now CEO at reThought Insurance, an exciting venture in the Flood insurance space. Cory is the named inventor on 4 patents, has authored two books and numerous technology articles for a variety of publications, and has presented talks at many technology conferences, addressing 1000s of software professionals.

Alex Taylor

Global Head of Emerging Technology, QBE Ventures

Alex is the Global Head of Emerging Technology of QBE Ventures, the venture investment and development arm of QBE Insurance. Alex and the team invest in, build alongside and partner with early-stage technology companies that have the potential to reshape the insurance industry.

Alex is an innovation and disruption specialist and futurist, helping established companies to see where the threats lie, and how they can play in the same field and with the same tools as the disrupters – and has spoken before a wide range of audiences on the Horizon 1 to Horizon 3 innovation and disruption journey, and how to navigate the bridge between.

As the technology lead on a number of AI/ML investments in VC and CVC environments, Alex has lived the challenge of applying machine learning and related technologies in highly regulated environments - from visual and voice analytics, customer sentiment platforms and IoT to the challenges of vehicular automation.

Before joining QBE, Alex was the Director of Emerging and Innovation Technology and also Entrepreneur in Residence at IAG.

About QBE Ventures
QBE Ventures invests in, and works alongside, start-ups that have the potential to reimagine insurance. We partner with founders, leveraging the global strength of QBE to give them the
confidence to achieve their ambitions. For more information, please visit www.qbe.com/ventures

Lisa Wardlaw

Insurance Digital Strategist

Lisa is an innovative, highly-experienced insurance executive who combines her deep decades of experience serving as CXO (CFO, COO, CSO) for some of the largest insurance institutions (e.g., MunichRe, Farmers/Zurich, ING/Voya, PwC) with her entrepreneurial drive to rapidly help startups succeed in the insurance industry in North America. Her thought leadership, and ability to create innovative and ingenuitive insurance solutions across P&C, life and health insurance marketplace provides targeted guidance and solutions to expedite launching insurtechs across North America and globally.

Jai Mehra

Senior Associate, Strategy & Business Development

Jai Mehra is a Senior Associate on the Insurance team at Ecopia, a technology company founded with the mission of leveraging AI to create a digital twin of the earth. Ecopia applies advanced AI technology to mine geospatial imagery, outputting large-scale, highly-accurate digital maps & related information products. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Jai worked at PwC where he was responsible for advising clients and internal stakeholders within the financial services industry on strategic initiatives and operational risk challenges. Jai holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Economics from Rutgers Business School.