Entries by GIC

Monitoring Potential Tropical Cyclone Two

GIC is activated to Level 3 – Enhanced Monitoring for Potential Tropical Cyclone Two. The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Wednesday 10-July at 10:00 AM Central for this storm. A tropical depression is expected to form later today or Thursday and could strengthen into a hurricane approaching the Gulf Coast by the weekend. […]

GIC and Esri Team Up to Introduce New Tool that Enhances Remote Property Assessments for Insurers

“At the 2019 Esri User Conference, the Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC), an insurance industry consortium spearheaded by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), and Esri today introduce Virtual Inspection Studio (VIS). A new tool available exclusively to GIC members, the VIS now enables insurers to enhance remote property assessments by utilizing ultra-high-resolution aerial imagery.” Read […]

Brit Insurance Joins the GIC

We’re excited to announce Brit Insurance has joined the GIC! “The GIC will provide Brit with access to industry-leading aerial images to make rapid and accurate property catastrophe assessments in order to expedite claim settlements for clients when they need it most…This partnership demonstrates Brit’s innovative approach to claims strategy as the team constantly searches […]

GIC Announces its Partnership with Munich Re

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Munich Re. “The Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC), an insurance industry consortium spearheaded by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), today announces its partnership with Munich Re, which is using remote sensing technology to create scalable and marketable solutions for the insurance industry. This collaboration now provides GIC member […]

GIS for Disaster Response – Part 3

In this blog series, we interview GIS and emergency management expert, Richard Butgereit, on the use of GIS technologies to improve catastrophe response. Improving Natural Disaster Recovery Efforts through GIS In last week’s blog with Richard Butgereit, Director of Catastrophe Response, he explained the role GIS plays in disaster preparedness and management. This week, we […]

GIS for Disaster Response – Part 2

In this blog series, we interview GIS and emergency management expert, Richard Butergerit, on the use of GIS technologies to improve catastrophe response. GIS Technology’s Impact on Disaster Preparedness & Response In last week’s blog post, we talked about the trend toward more frequent disasters across the country and introduced you to Richard Butgereit, our […]