RedZone launches RZRisk Canada, bringing property-level wildfire intelligence to Canada's insurers
For more than two decades, RedZone has been at the forefront of wildfire intelligence, helping insurers, businesses, and the communities they serve understand and manage their risk.
Built for Canadian landscapes, fuels, and fire behavior, RZRisk Canada delivers wildfire intelligence for more confident underwriting.
Canada’s increasingly severe wildfire seasons demand better intelligence. RZRisk Canada brings 25 years of wildfire expertise to insurers, built specifically for Canadian conditions.”
BOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- RedZone, a leading provider of wildfire intelligence and risk solutions for the insurance industry in North America, today announced the commercial availability of RZRisk Canada, extending its wildfire underwriting solution to insurers writing business in Alberta and British Columbia.— Clark Woodward, RedZone founder and CEO
RedZone developed RZRisk Canada after hearing from insurers that existing wildfire risk tools did not adequately reflect the unique characteristics of Canada's wildfire landscape. Built specifically for Canadian fuels, terrain, and fire behavior, RZRisk Canada fills a longstanding gap in wildfire risk assessment and intelligence for Canadian properties.
RZRisk Canada analyzes wildfire risk for individual properties using Canadian fuels, topography, weather patterns, and historical fire activity. The resulting property-level wildfire intelligence gives underwriting teams greater confidence when evaluating new business, renewing existing policies, and understanding wildfire exposure across Canadian portfolios. The solution delivers a single wildfire risk score supported by frequency, severity, and fire history metrics for deeper underwriting insight.
“This year’s wildfire season has made the scale and far-reaching impact of Canada’s wildfire risk impossible to ignore, with smoke affecting communities thousands of miles from the fires themselves,” said Clark Woodward, RedZone founder and CEO, who is based in British Columbia. “Insurers have been asking for better intelligence for the Canadian properties they underwrite. RedZone was founded 25 years ago by people from the fireline, and for more than two decades we’ve helped insurers understand wildfire through firsthand operational experience. RZRisk Canada brings that expertise to the market with wildfire intelligence built to address Canadian conditions.”
RZRisk Canada is hosted in Canada and delivered through a Canadian-domiciled RedZone subsidiary, providing the solution with both a technology and corporate presence in the Canadian market.
The model evaluates location-level susceptibility to direct flame impingement, ember showers, and smoke damage. Wildfire intelligence is delivered through a secure web platform, APIs, and batch processing that integrate with underwriting, policy administration, and portfolio management workflows.
RZRisk Canada is already gaining traction within the insurance industry. One of North America's largest multiline insurance carriers is currently adopting the solution across its Canadian book of business with wildfire risk exposure, helping validate its application in real-world underwriting environments.
RZRisk Canada is commercially available today for insurers operating in Alberta and British Columbia, with additional provinces expected soon.
About RedZone
RedZone is a leading data and services provider of end-to-end wildfire intelligence and risk mitigation for the insurance industry. Founded by wildfire professionals and celebrating its 25th year, RedZone combines operational wildfire expertise with advanced fire science and geospatial technology to help insurers better understand, underwrite, manage, and respond to wildfire risk. Its product suite includes RZRisk and RZRisk Canada for property-level underwriting, RZIntel for wildfire intelligence and situational awareness, RZExposure for portfolio accumulation analysis, RZAlert for real-time wildfire intelligence, and RZProtect for on-the-ground property risk mitigation and response. RedZone helps insurers make more informed underwriting decisions, better manage portfolio exposure, and protect policyholders before, during, and after wildfire events. For more information, visit www.redzone.co or follow RedZone on LinkedIn.
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