Beyond Postcodes: Mapping True Exposure | Nick Franz of Altitude Intelligence

About this episode

Jake Harding interviews Nick Franz about the limitations of traditional underwriting data and the potential of geospatial intelligence in insurance.

In this episode of Making Risk Flow: Exploring the Ecosystem, host Jake Harding speaks with Nick Franz, founder of Altitude Intelligence, on why traditional underwriting data can obscure true risk exposure. Due to his background in intelligence, Nick has asked that we protect his identity. Nick shares how geospatial and spatial intelligence, rooted in military tradecraft, can transform insurance decision-making. They explore why risk must be understood as a dynamic system, not a static label,...

People in this episode

Host: Jake Harding

Guest: Nick Franz

Topics covered

• insurance
• risk exposure
• geospatial intelligence
• underwriting
• dynamic systems

Keywords

• insurance
• risk
• geospatial intelligence
• underwriting
• dynamic systems
• Altitude Intelligence
• Nick Franz

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Organizations: Altitude Intelligence

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