JBA Risk Management Releases High-Resolution Flood Maps for Florida

Flood specialist JBA Risk Management has rolled out its high-resolution flood maps and associated pricing data for the continental United States starting with the State of Florida. These new maps are designed to enable (re)insurers and others with an interest in Florida property to improve their management of the risk of flooding in many parts of the state.

JBA’s Florida Flood Map provides a comprehensive understanding of all three principal types of flood, fluvial (river), pluvial (rainfall) and storm surge flood hazard, across the state at a resolution of 5m (equal to 5.468 yards). In addition, JBA’s pricing data translates the flood maps into a tool for insurers to calculate an annualized cost of flooding at any location in the state.

Matt Reid, managing director, JBA Inc., USA, said the JBA maps use the most up-to-date terrain data available and JBA has made over 100,000 edits to that data to ensure it appropriately represents the terrain over which flooding will develop.

The level of detail and the use of the very latest data within the JBA maps are particularly important in a state like Florida where there has been a lot of development in recent years. More housing, bigger roads, landscaping and engineering all impact the flood risk.

JBA collaborated with hurricane, wind and storm surge experts Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) to produce the coastal surge inundation portions of the flood maps.

JBA Florida Flood Maps are available directly from JBA or through selected partners and resellers.

Established in 2011, JBA provides flood risk management through flood maps, catastrophe models and analytics used by global insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, property companies and governments.

Topics Florida Flood Risk Management