Flood forecasting
- A unique surface water flood warning service for surface water at the property level.
- Warnings up to 48 hours in advance driven by live, hydrodynamic modelling.
- Over and above river and coastal warnings issued by government.
Proactively manage and mitigate flood risk for the retail sector
Protect assets, manage supply chain disruptions and reduce business interruption with our Flood Intel Platform
- 24/7Flood warnings to keep you one step ahead *
- x5Increase in flood losses expected by 2050 *
- 33%UK commercial properties at risk from flooding *
Our solution for retailers: The Prevsico Flood Intel Platform
A first-of-its-kind combination of technologies to forecast the types of floods that catch the retail sector off guard.
Benefits for retailers
- Mitigates impacts and losses from early flood warnings.
- 48-hour advanced warning gives retailers the opportunity to prevent damage to stores, stock, and equipment.
- Insurance preparation: gain better insight into the likelihood of flood impact at retail premises and insure appropriately.
- Business continuity: Early flood warnings give retailers time to take proactive measures to prevent disruption to supply chains, distributions, and customer service.
- Enables retailers to prioritise the safety of employees through evacuation procedures or adjusting work shifts.
- Reduces or even prevents potential for considerable costs associated with post-flood recovery and repairs.
Our Services
Hydrological monitoring (including drainage)
- Sensor-driven insights into drainage performance, hydrological systems, flood risk, groundwater, and wastewater assets.
- Assets instrumented include river, tidal and intertidal systems, screened culverts and surface water (SuDS, gullies, attenuation tanks), and wastewater drainage assets (sewers).
Flood risk insights
Leveraging existing sensor data and bespoke models to:
- Identify risk patterns.
- Inform current and future flood risk analysis.
case study
Partnering with Liberty Specialty Markets to help South Caernarfon Creameries proactively mitigate flood impacts
Flooding is a major issue for our clients and the insurance industry. This initiative based on the use of sensors connected to Previsico’s flood forecasts is a practical response – one that gives underwriters the confidence they need to provide cover to clients with the added reassurance of tailored alerts and risk engineering support.
Alert relevant team members of upcoming flood risks
Have all essential team members receive actionable flood alerts when critical risk thresholds are exceeded to enable proactive measures to be taken to reduce the impact of incoming flooding.
Ready to start mitigating your flood loss?
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