What McKenzie Intelligence Services does

McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) is a UK-headquartered geospatial intelligence firm founded in 2012 that provides real-time catastrophe damage assessments primarily to the global insurance industry. Its core product is the Global Events Observer (GEO) — a browser-based SaaS platform that fuses multi-source data (satellite imagery from NASA, Airbus, Maxar and ICEYE; aerial imagery from Fugro; drone, ground-level, radar and IoT sensor feeds) with computer-vision processing and mandatory validation by ex-military intelligence analysts. GEO delivers exposure layers within ~24 hours and claims-grade building-level damage assessments within 48–72 hours of an event, covering 12+ perils including hurricane, earthquake, wildfire, hail, flood, tornado, winter storm, volcano, civil unrest and industrial accidents.

MIS has been the exclusive geospatial intelligence provider for Lloyd's of London since 2016 and operates through a centralized LIMOSS/LMA contract that gives qualifying Lloyd's managing agents access to GEO. Beyond Lloyd's, named enterprise customers include Zurich Insurance Group, SCOR, AXIS Capital, Markel, Liberty Mutual, Brush Claims (US loss adjusting), Yokahu (parametric MGA — sole trigger data provider) and the DCA community; one US law firm has also used MIS for litigation support. The company reports 70+ clients, 1,200+ GEO users, and over 70 million lines of client property risk data hosted on the platform, with 200+ catastrophe event reports published by December 2024.

Revenue is generated through quote-based enterprise GEO subscriptions (annual cadence), event-driven intelligence reports bundled within or alongside subscriptions, and a professional services layer covering investigations, expert witness testimony and bespoke portfolio analysis. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with an event-driven demand-generation cadence (annual Storm Season events at Lloyd's plus major industry conferences) and channel partnerships with data providers (ICEYE, Fugro, Eagleview) and loss-adjusting/parametric distributors (Brush Claims, Yokahu). MIS is ISO 27001 certified, received a strategic investment from Maven Capital Partners in December 2023 to fund European and US expansion, and is actively building a North American footprint via partnerships (Eagleview, CIERA, Brush Claims) and the UK|CT Insurtech Corridor.

Name

McKenzie Intelligence Services

Legal name

McKenzie Intelligence Services Limited

Website

https://mckenzieintelligence.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

McKenzie Intelligence Services is a UK-based geospatial intelligence SaaS provider that delivers real-time catastrophe damage assessments to global insurance carriers and reinsurers through its GEO platform, combining multi-source satellite/aerial data with AI and military-trained analyst validation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Intelligence Software for Catastrophe Insurance

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Investigation and Security Services (5616), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Inspection Services (Ground, Aerial/Drone, Helicopter, Climbing) (EUADAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Threat Intelligence Services (BPAEADAC), Disaster Response & Search and Rescue (SAR) (BPADADAA)

Keywords

• Geospatial intelligence platform
• Catastrophe response software
• Insurance claims analytics
• Catastrophe damage assessment
• Parametric trigger verification

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. GEO Platform SaaS Subscription: Browser-based SaaS platform subscription providing access to the Global Events Observer (GEO) platform with tiered access for exposure management, claims, and underwriting teams. Includes real-time event monitoring, exposure layers, claims layers, and historical archive access. Subscription-based access model with clients hosting exposure data on the platform.
2. Event Response Intelligence Reports: One-time intelligence reports generated in response to specific catastrophic events, including pre-event reports (for hurricanes), exposure layers (within 24 hours), claims layers (within 48-72 hours), and detailed building-level damage assessments. Delivered as discrete event-driven services bundled within the platform subscription or as standalone services.
3. Custom Analysis and Consultancy: Custom analysis provided to clients against specific exposure portfolios. Includes bespoke event response, consulting for complex cases (business interruption, reinsurance), expert witness testimonies from former military intelligence analysts. Referenced in case studies with law firms representing insurers on complex and sophisticated matters.
4. Investigations Services: Investigation services for complex claims, including remote analysis of past and present losses using satellite imagery, expert witness testimonies, and irrefutable evidence for litigation support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

McKenzie Intelligence Services provides the Global Events Observer (GEO), a browser-based geospatial intelligence SaaS platform that fuses satellite, aerial, drone, ground-level, radar, and IoT sensor data with military-trained analyst validation to deliver real-time catastrophe damage assessments (exposure layers within 24 hours, claims layers within 48-72 hours) to insurance carriers, reinsurers, and Lloyd's managing agents. The platform is complemented by Event Response monitoring services for active catastrophes and Investigations services providing expert witness analysis for complex insurance claims and litigation.

Product overview

McKenzie Intelligence Services provides a single unified platform (Global Events Observer - GEO) combined with event response and investigations services. GEO is the core catastrophe intelligence SaaS platform that aggregates multi-source data (satellite, aerial, drone, ground sensors, radar, IoT) processed by military-trained analysts to deliver real-time damage assessments. The Event Response service provides continuous monitoring and rapid intelligence for all natural and man-made catastrophes globally. The Investigations service offers expert witness capabilities for complex claims. All services integrate data from partners including ICEYE (flood/SAR), Fugro (aerial), NASA, Airbus, and Maxar.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GEO (Global Events Observer): Browser-based geospatial intelligence platform providing real-time catastrophe response intelligence for insurers, combining satellite imagery, aerial data, and military-grade analyst insights to deliver damage assessments within 24-48 hours of events.
• Yokahu

Products and services

• Global Events Observer (GEO) Platform Browser-based SaaS catastrophe intelligence platform that combines multi-source data (satellite, aerial, drone, ground, radar, IoT) with military-trained analyst validation to provide real-time damage assessments for insurance carriers within 24-48 hours of catastrophic events, including exposure layers within 24 hours, claims layers within 48-72 hours, and building-level damage assessments across 12 peril types.
• Event Response Real-time monitoring and response service for global catastrophic events including hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, hail, tornadoes, winter storms, volcanoes, civil unrest, explosions, public disorder, and industrial accidents, providing actionable intelligence to insurers within hours of events.
• Investigations Expert witness testimonies and in-depth remote analysis of past and present losses using former military intelligence analysts to provide irrefutable evidence for complex insurance claims, reinsurance arbitration, business interruption quantification, and litigation support.
• US Hail Response (on GEO) Specialized hail damage assessment capability on the GEO platform providing data-driven actionable insights for major hailstorm events in the US, enabling insurers to assess hail damage to properties rapidly.
• CAT360 Street-Level Imagery Initiative Industry-first initiative combining ground-level imagery from specialist vehicles and cameras with space and air imagery onto one single platform, providing multi-view imagery to assess damage following catastrophic events.
• AI-Accelerated Nat Cat Response

Quantifiable outcome

• Claims payments made within same day of earthquake event (Turkey-Syria earthquake for Zurich)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and supporting.

• EagleviewcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 August 2025Collaboration to deliver best-in-class intelligence and imagery for North American catastrophes. Eagleview is a market leader in observed damage assessments and aerial imagery for the insurance industry. Partnership announced August 2025, combining Eagleview's imagery capabilities with MIS's GEO platform for North American cat events.
• CIERAstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Partnership with CIERA (likely California Institute for Emergency Risk) to strengthen the industry's response to future California catastrophic events. Multi-year relationship formalized in February 2025 to enhance cat response for California-specific perils.
• LIMOSS (2024 renewal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Renewed contract with LIMOSS gives Lloyd's Managing Agents greater flexibility to access additional geospatial intelligence services from MIS. Press release October 2024.
• UK|CT Insurtech CorridorstrategicGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2024UK|CT Insurtech Corridor providing support for MIS to expand US presence. MIS announced plans to expand US operations with support from this corridor initiative.
• LIMOSS (London Market Operations & Strategic Sourcing)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023MIS and LIMOSS, supported by the LMA, signed a contract extending provision of geospatial intelligence for the Lloyd's market into 2024. LIMOSS acts as the centralized procurement body sourcing value-add market services. All qualifying Lloyd's managing agents retain uninterrupted access to GEO and other MIS services throughout 2024 under this arrangement.
• Brush ClaimsstrategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 October 2023Partnership with US-based loss adjusting firm Brush Claims to accelerate response times to natural disasters. Brush Claims receives real-time data and actionable insights from MIS GEO platform for US natural disaster response, providing ground-level loss adjusting services informed by MIS intelligence.
• Zurich Insurance GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20232023 partnership with Zurich Insurance Group to optimize event response and claims processes using GEO platform. Zurich used GEO to respond to the Turkey-Syria earthquake, making payments to affected policyholders on the same day of the event.
• SCORcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20232023 partnership with SCOR to optimize event response and claims processes using GEO platform.
• AXIS CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20232023 partnership with AXIS Capital to optimize event response and claims processes using GEO platform.
• FugrocoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2022Strategic partnership with Fugro, the world's leading Geo-Data specialist. Fugro provides crucial high-resolution aerial imagery immediately after disasters, acquired via aircraft over hard-hit areas. Fugro's imagery complements MIS's existing data sources and feeds into damage assessment work via GEO platform. Partnership activated for Hurricane Ian response in Florida (October 2022), with Fugro mobilizing aerial imagery within 24 hours of notice and providing imagery within 24 hours of each flight.
• NASAsupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2022NASA provides satellite imagery (VIIRS data) and imagery access through partnerships. NASA VIIRS data used in Greenpeace Chornobyl investigation to identify heat sources and fire timelines.
• ICEYEcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2021ICEYE flood hazard analysis agreement provides active flood hazard data before, during, and after large-scale flood events, including building-level flood depth measurements using SAR satellite imagery combined with river/tidal gauges, digital elevation models, ground sensors, and watershed maps. Both companies are Lloyd's Lab graduates. The partnership delivers independently verifiable, transparent, consistent flood depth measurements in near real-time globally, enhancing GEO's flood loss analysis capabilities for Lloyd's market.
• Yokahu (McCosh Holdings Ltd)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2021MIS became the sole trigger data provider for Yokahu's first-to-market parametric hurricane insurance product. MIS provides independent third-party verification of parametric triggers for insurance payouts during events, using automated intelligence from GEO. Yokahu is an approved Coverholder at Lloyd's and launched in Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, Bahamas, and St Lucia in 2021 with further expansion planned. First parametric product on GEO launched January 2022.
• Lloyd's of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2021MIS has exclusively been the geospatial intelligence provider for Lloyd's since 2016, with a formal partnership entered in August 2021. GEO and multi-layered data enables Lloyd's managing agents, TPAs and partners to deliver industry-leading catastrophe response. Lloyd's hosts MIS Storm Season events in the Old Library and provided keynote speakers at these events.
• Airbus (satellite imagery)supportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Airbus provides satellite imagery as part of MIS's multi-source data inputs for GEO platform, alongside NASA and Maxar.
• Maxar TechnologiessupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Maxar provides high-resolution satellite imagery as part of MIS's multi-source data inputs for GEO platform, alongside NASA and Airbus.
• European Space Agency (ESA)supportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021ESA Business Applications programme co-funded development of GEO platform. ESA also published an article highlighting the MIS GEO platform, validating its technology credibility.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Eagleview: Eagleview is a leader in aerial imagery and property analytics for insurance carriers, and a recent MIS partner (announced 2025). Eagleview's high-resolution aerial imagery and roof-level analytics directly overlap with MIS's damage assessment capabilities for North American perils.
• ICEYE: ICEYE operates a commercial SAR satellite constellation and provides flood hazard data to insurers. ICEYE is both an MIS data partner and a Lloyd's Lab peer, and has begun moving into insurance-specific analytics — a closer direct competitor to MIS than the broader modelers.

Others

• Maxar Technologies: Maxar provides high-resolution satellite imagery used by MIS in its GEO platform. Maxar is primarily a data/imagery provider rather than a vertical intelligence SaaS, but it is moving into higher-value analytics that overlap with MIS's insurance offerings.
• Fugro: Fugro is a leading geo-data specialist that provides high-resolution aerial imagery after disasters, and is an MIS data partner. While not a direct competitor in intelligence SaaS, Fugro's growing data services business overlaps with MIS's catastrophe response use cases.

Emerging players

• BlackSky: BlackSky provides real-time geospatial intelligence derived from its own satellite constellation. While its primary customer is government/defense, its tasking and analytics capabilities overlap with MIS's geospatial intelligence approach for commercial markets.
• Planet Labs: Planet Labs operates a large Earth observation satellite constellation providing daily imagery. Its high-cadence imagery is increasingly used in insurance and catastrophe response, making it a partial competitor or potential partner to MIS.
• SkyWatch: SkyWatch operates a marketplace for commercial Earth observation data and analytics, including insurance-relevant datasets. It competes with MIS in adjacent ways by aggregating satellite imagery and derived analytics for commercial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Verisk: Verisk is a major insurance analytics and data analytics provider serving property/casualty insurers. Its Property Estimating Solutions and catastrophe analytics overlap with MIS's exposure and claims intelligence, though Verisk is far broader in scope and not specialized in real-time observed damage.
• CoreLogic (Cotality): CoreLogic provides property data, analytics, and insurance solutions to US carriers. It overlaps with MIS in exposure data and catastrophe response intelligence, with established enterprise insurance relationships that could compete with MIS's US expansion.
• RMS (Risk Management Solutions, a Moody's company): RMS is a leading catastrophe risk modeling firm serving global insurers and reinsurers. It overlaps with MIS on exposure management and catastrophe analytics, but focuses on probabilistic modeling rather than real-time observed damage intelligence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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