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Risk and Insurance Seminars

Flood parametric insurance design and practice with AI and satellite data: experiments from the lab and stories from the market with Floodbase

Beth Tellman, UW-Madison

October 2, 2026 | 10:00 am | Grainger Hall, Room 2510

Beth Tellman, assistant professor of environmental studies at UW-Madison, presents her research on using satellite data to detect flood inundation. She applies her work to produce the Global Flood Database and co-found Floodbase, both of which help provide parametric flood insurance around the world.


Risk and Insurance Department