by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
While severe weather events like Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Harvey dominate the news for weather-related disasters, the majority of insurance claims for weather-related events come from much more mundane, small-scale weather phenomena. Insurance companies have...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
The development of a newer, higher-resolution maps of the continental United States has a revealed a problem, according to researchers. At least 43 million people in the US may be affected by a 100-year flood, three times more than federal estimates currently predict,...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
American has debated gun control for decades and it is now further away from a political solution than ever before. With mass shootings averaging one a week so far this 2018, gun control proponents have been loud and vocal. Gun advocates cling to their interpretation...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
Data analytics firm Verisk has launched a benchmarking and risk-scoring platform called EPIX (Energy & Power Intelligence Exchange) to better equip underwriters with the proper tools, information, and actionable insights that will enable them to make more...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Risk Management and Insurance
In the face of climate change and its potential economic impact, would you like to know what may happen to your town, your street, or even a single building up to 50 years in the future? Certainly many individuals and businesses would benefit from that data. A new...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Our world is becoming increasingly algorithm-driven with each passing day. It’s not for nothing: there is ample evidence that they make the appropriate decisions at great speed. They consistently outperform fallible humans in many tasks. But what about when they...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics
There is no lack of data in the world. We are producing exabytes of it every day. Data is pouring out of our computers, TVs, mobile phones, cars, traffic lights, refrigerators, and even that little vacuum robot scooting around our living rooms. This data can not only...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Data-driven decisions often turn out to be better than those decisions made without the benefit of quantifiable evidence. As this idea has picked up mainstream traction, many decision-makers in both private companies and in public offices have turned to the acolytes...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics, Civic Data & Tech
Columbus, Ohio is the fastest growing city in the Midwest. When officials evaluated what the future held for their city, they decided that providing equitable access to it’s public transportation system would go a long way towards fixing the headaches such as...
by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 6, 2018 | Civic Analytics
Some charter school networks are investing millions in data science professionals and analytics platforms. Others, more cash-strapped but still striving to be data-driven, are running their analytics programs on shoestring budgets. Both instances are instructive for...
