Enable Resilience with Remote Sensing

AMLD 2019 Charilaos Tsarouchas, SwissRe

Man must rise above Earth to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only then will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

Socrates (469-399 BC)

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Nadar) - First aerial images (1857)

Pigeon PhotographyAncestors of Remote Sensing

Agriculture Meteorology Forestry Ecology Finance

Examples of main application fieldsFields of Applications

Passive Remote Sensing Active Remote Sensing

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Remote Sensing in Insurance

Towery, N.G.; Eyton, J.R.; Changnon, S.A.; Dailey, C.L. Remote Sensing of Crop Hail Damage. Report of Research to the Country Companies (Referred to in

Towery, 1980); 1975;

Towery, N.G. Some Applications of Remote Sensing of Crop-Hail Damage in the Insurance Industry; Circular 143/80 of the Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois

Institute of Natural Resources: Urbana, IL, USA, 1980;

Remote Sensing in Insurance

Possible Benefits • Eliminate burden of costly verification of claims on-the-ground • Enables faster payouts to the insured • Reduce fraud, information asymmetry • Reduce policies and make insurance affordable to low income households