Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP; OTCQB: ITMSF) (“Intermap” or the
“Company”), a global leader in 3D geospatial products and
intelligence solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration
with Aon’s Impact Forecasting (“IF”) to enhance underwriting, risk
management and portfolio modeling.
This collaboration enables insurers to access
IF’s hazard and risk maps through Intermap’s solutions and further
enhances its already comprehensive solutions covering the whole
insurance cycle, from underwriting through reinsurance to claims
adjustment. The partnership deepens Intermap’s insurance industry
footprint, as the industry undergoes secular change stemming from
increased frequency and severity of claims.
The Insurance Journal recently reported natural
catastrophe-insured losses exceeded $100 billion for the fourth
consecutive year in 2023, above the 10-year average of $89 billion,
and annual insured losses are expected to grow by 5-7% over the
long term, with today’s insured losses possibly doubling in 10
years. The increased frequency and duration of extreme weather
events has caused storms to rise to the second largest loss-making
peril, behind only tropical cyclones. In Europe, where Intermap’s
Aquarius RMA serves its insurance, financial services and real
estate customers, insured losses from storms are growing the
fastest, exceeding $5 billion annually since 2021. In response to
this growing threat of water-based natural catastrophes, market
research estimates the global commercial flood insurance market
will grow at a 14.1% compound annual growth rate from 2024 to
2033.
As a first implementation of Intermap’s
collaboration with Aon, Generali CEE will integrate IF’s Flood and
Earthquake Hazard Datasets into Intermap’s Aquarius RMA solution to
complement Intermap’s Flood Hazard Maps.
“We see this collaboration as strengthening the
link between Generali’s portfolio reinsurance coverage and
individual risk assessment, ultimately providing more accurate and
effective risk management solutions for our clients,” said Samuele
Borghi, Head of Regional Corporate & Commercial at Generali CEE
Holding.
“I am very excited to be part of this
collaboration, which underlines Aon’s approach to responding to
client and industry need and working together to deliver efficient
solutions that ultimately drive better business decisions and
profitable growth. This is just the start, and I am looking forward
to our future projects and endeavors,” said Adam Podlaha, global
head of Aon’s Impact Forecasting.
“This partnership strengthens Intermap’s
position in the global insurance market,” said Patrick A. Blott,
Intermap Chairman and CEO. “Aon’s Impact Forecasting data
complement our 3D data, models and solutions, enabling underwriters
to offer property-specific solutions to clients and provide the
best policies for their customers, covering the entire insurance
life cycle, from underwriting to valuation and risk measurement to
claims management and reporting.”
Intermap’s global software-based commercial risk
business is growing strongly, at a 9% compounded annual growth rate
since 2021, driven by attractive contract renewal economics and
greater monetization opportunities as customers consume more data
and analytics from the Company’s new cloud-based software
solutions. Aquarius RMA is Intermap’s fastest growing segment as
monthly recurring and repeating revenue grew at a compound annual
growth rate over 35% since 2021 due to heighted storm frequency and
severity as well as other climate factors contributing to
increasing flood risk in the United Kingdom and Central Europe
(from France to Hungary and from Denmark to northern Italy).
Amplifying demand for Aquarius RMA’s data and insights is a large
protection gap of uninsured. Based on run-rate monthly recurring
and repeating software and solutions revenue, this line of business
accounts for over 25% of the Company’s projected 2024 revenue.
Intermap intends to greatly expand the
addressable market in the East Asia and Pacific and South Asia
regions where protection gaps are larger, flood related climate
factors (tropical cyclones and rising sea levels) are more frequent
and severe, and approximately 65% of the world’s population is
identified by the World Bank as living in high-risk flood zones
reside. Intermap is currently collecting market-leading data inputs
in Indonesia, the largest regional market outside of China, where
the World Bank estimates 27% of the population is exposed to
significant flood risk. The growing peril threat is clear in this
region of the world and estimates show the protection gap in Asia
Pacific is over 90%.
Learn more about Intermap’s European solutions
at intermap.com/european-solutions.
Intermap Reader AdvisoryCertain
information provided in this news release, including reference to
revenue growth, constitutes forward-looking statements. The words
“anticipate”, “expect”, “project”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “will
be”, “will consider”, “intends” and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Although
Intermap believes that these statements are based on information
and assumptions which are current, reasonable and complete, these
statements are necessarily subject to a variety of known and
unknown risks and uncertainties. Intermap’s forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to,
among other things, cash available to fund operations, availability
of capital, revenue fluctuations, nature of government contracts,
economic conditions, loss of key customers, retention and
availability of executive talent, competing technologies, common
share price volatility, loss of proprietary information, software
functionality, internet and system infrastructure functionality,
information technology security, breakdown of strategic alliances,
and international and political considerations, as well as those
risks and uncertainties discussed in Intermap’s Annual Information
Form and other securities filings. While the Company makes these
forward-looking statements in good faith, should one or more of
these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary significantly
from those expected. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that
any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements
will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits
that the Company will derive therefrom. All subsequent
forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable
to Intermap or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified
in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made
as at the date of this news release and the Company does not
undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the
forward-looking statements made herein, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required
by applicable securities law.
About Intermap
TechnologiesFounded in 1997 and headquartered in Denver,
Colorado, Intermap (TSX: IMP; OTCQB: ITMSF) is a global leader in
geospatial intelligence solutions, focusing on the creation and
analysis of 3D terrain data to produce high-resolution thematic
models. Through scientific analysis of geospatial information and
patented sensors and processing technology, the Company provisions
diverse, complementary, multi-source datasets to enable customers
to seamlessly integrate geospatial intelligence into their
workflows. Intermap’s 3D elevation data and software analytic
capabilities enable global geospatial analysis through artificial
intelligence and machine learning, providing customers with
critical information to understand their terrain environment. By
leveraging its proprietary archive of the world’s largest
collection of multi-sensor global elevation data, the Company’s
collection and processing capabilities provide multi-source 3D
datasets and analytics at mission speed, enabling governments and
companies to build and integrate geospatial foundation data with
actionable insights. Applications for Intermap’s products and
solutions include defense, aviation and UAV flight planning, flood
and wildfire insurance, disaster mitigation, base mapping,
environmental and renewable energy planning, telecommunications,
engineering, critical infrastructure monitoring, hydrology, land
management, oil and gas and transportation.
For more information, please
visit www.intermap.com or
contact:Jennifer BakkenExecutive Vice President and
CFOCFO@intermap.com+1 (303) 708-0955
Sean PeasgoodInvestor RelationsSean@SophicCapital.com+1 (647)
260-9266
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