Tag: insurance
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Rising Peatland Fire Risk in Southeast Asia: How Satellite Monitoring Strengthens Early Warning and Transboundary Haze Prevention
Southern Southeast Asia has entered its traditional dry season. As hotter and drier conditions develop, fire and smoke signals are emerging in parts of Indonesia and the wider region, raising concerns about the risk of transboundary haze later in the season. As of July 26, 2026, Palangka Raya, the capital of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, had…
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Wildfire Smoke from Canada Crosses into the United States: How Satellite Data Supports Wildfire Monitoring and Environmental Management
In mid-July 2026, smoke from wildfires burning across central Canada continued spreading southeast across the U.S.-Canada border, pushing Detroit’s Air Quality Index to its highest reported level since monitoring began in 1999. Several cities were listed among the most polluted major cities in the world during this period. A watercraft sits in the Detroit River…
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What role does geospatial data play in catastrophe modeling?
Geospatial data is a foundational component of catastrophe modeling, providing the spatial context needed to understand hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and potential losses associated with natural and human-induced disasters. Insurance companies, reinsurers, catastrophe modelers, government agencies, and risk managers rely on geospatial information to quantify risk and evaluate the potential impacts of extreme events across different…
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How does satellite data improve claims verification?
Satellite data enhances claims verification by providing objective, independent, and geographically consistent evidence that can support the evaluation of insurance claims following natural disasters, environmental incidents, and other insured events. By supplementing traditional claims processes with geospatial intelligence, insurers can improve efficiency, strengthen decision-making, and reduce uncertainty during investigations. One of the key challenges in…
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How is satellite data used in insurance risk assessment?
Satellite data has become an increasingly valuable resource for insurance risk assessment, providing insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and risk managers with objective geospatial information that supports underwriting, portfolio analysis, and exposure management. By delivering consistent observations across large geographic areas, Earth observation technologies help organizations evaluate risks more accurately and make better-informed decisions throughout the insurance…
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When the Desert Flooded: Satellite Imagery and the Future of Agricultural Flood Insurance
The April 2024 UAE floods stress-tested every traditional risk assessment model. STARPATH GLOBAL satellite imagery shows how Earth observation is transforming how agricultural insurers detect, verify, and price catastrophic flood events. Published: April 2024 · Region: United Arab Emirates · Data: STARPATH GLOBAL · USGS Event Background A once-in-75-year rainfall event On April 16, 2024,…
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Engineers analyze failure on SiriusXM satellite launched from Florida last month
Artist’s illustration of the SXM 7 satellite with its solar panels and S-band antenna deployed. Credit: Maxar Ground teams are evaluating a payload failure on a Maxar-built SiriusXM radio broadcasting satellite that launched from Cape Canaveral in December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, officials said Wednesday. SiriusXM and Maxar officials did not disclose the…
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SpaceX ready to put rocket reuse vision to the test
The Falcon 9 rocket set to launch with the SES 10 satellite is seen inside SpaceX’s hangar at launch pad 39A. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 booster that flew into space last year is set to launch again Thursday from Florida’s Space Coast with an SES communications satellite on a historic mission that could make…
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Spacecom to recoup value of lost satellite, could ask SpaceX for compensation
File photo of the Amos 6 satellite during ground testing. Credit: Spacecom Ltd. The Israeli company which owned a commercial communications satellite destroyed in an explosion last week at SpaceX’s launch pad in Florida will receive more than $200 million in payouts stemming from the incident, and hopes to purchase a replacement, officials said Monday.…
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SpaceX’s latest booster back home as company mulls pricing, proof tests
A Falcon 9 first stage booster returned to Port Canaveral aboard SpaceX’s landing barge Thursday, six days after touching down following liftoff with the Thaicom 8 telecom satellite. Credit: SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket core recovered after last week’s launch of a Thai communications satellite returned to port in Florida on Thursday as SpaceX preps…