McKenzie Intelligence, Eagleview Partner on North American Catastrophe Response

The collaboration integrates damage assessments and aerial imagery for insurers to provide faster, more detailed insights.

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McKenzie Intelligence Services (London) and Eagleview(Bellevue, Wash.) have announced a collaboration to combine intelligence analysis with aerial imagery to support insurers’ responses to North American catastrophes. The agreement integrates MIS’s military-grade assessments with Eagleview’s pre- and post-event imagery to provide faster and more detailed post-disaster insights.

Forbes McKenzie, Founder and CEO, MIS.

MIS clients will be able to access Eagleview’s library of aerial imagery through the GEO platform, expanding coverage of hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, and wildfires. The integration enables MIS analysts to deliver event assessments more quickly and with greater depth.

Eagleview clients will gain access to the GEO platform and its archive of more than 200 global events. The platform allows carriers to host portfolio data and supplement imagery with verified exposure, claims, and building-level analysis, supporting faster claims decisions in the aftermath of catastrophes.

“We could not be more delighted to be collaborating with Eagleview,” says Forbes McKenzie, founder and CEO, MIS. “This partnership establishes GEO as the go-to disaster response platform for carriers by pairing the best intelligence on the market with the best aerial imagery. Ultimately, it provides the insurance community with a one-stop shop to understand how their business has been affected and inform decision-making in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic event in North America.”

Providing Carriers with Needed Information

David Bairstow, SVP & General Manager, Insurance, Eagleview.

In the past year, MIS has issued reports on 25 North American catastrophe events and monitored 42 more, including Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, the May 2025 tornado outbreak, and the Los Angeles wildfires. During the same period, Eagleview captured 34,000 square kilometers of aerial imagery through 60 flights covering 26 unique events.

“We’re truly thrilled to be working with MIS,” says David Bairstow, SVP and GM, Eagleview. “Bringing these offerings together delivers major benefits for our users. This collaboration represents an evolution in how we serve the insurance marketplace, with the shared goal of providing carriers the information they need, when they need it most, as the impacts of North American catastrophes worsen year over year.”

Eagleview imagery is now available to all GEO users, and Eagleview clients can access the GEO platform at any time.

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Anthony R. O’Donnell // Anthony O'Donnell is Executive Editor of Insurance Innovation Reporter. For nearly two decades, he has been an observer and commentator on the use of information technology in the insurance industry, following industry trends and writing about the use of IT across all sectors of the insurance industry. He can be reached at AnthODonnell@IIReporter.com or (503) 936-2803.

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