Why Build Your Own Cat Model?

Insurers are using the new open loss modeling platforms to build their own catastrophe models for three main reasons: clarity, control and cost. Catastrophe models have become extremely important ...

How to Build Your Own Catastrophe Model

Given the complexity of catastrophe models, at first it might seem impossible for you to build your own. This was certainly the case 10-20 years ago. But technology has changed since the ...

Why Build Your Own Catastrophe Model?

Insurers are using the new open loss modeling platforms to build their own catastrophe models for three main reasons: clarity, control and cost. Catastrophe models have become extremely important ...

What Might a ‘Cyber Andrew’ Look Like?

Every component of the world's public and private infrastructure is subject to the risk of a cyber attack. Companies today face loss of or damage to digital assets; theft of funds; security and ...

Measuring Risk in the Cyber World

Cyber risk is a hot topic in the insurance industry today. Technological innovation and connectivity have fundamentally revolutionized the world we live in and promise new transformations in the ...

Catastrophe Compensation: An Industrywide View

We're moving through hurricane season, and once again it's been a quiet catastrophe year. Thirty-one events have led to insured losses of only $11.2 billion across 39 states and two Canadian ...

More Information

Sources referenced for this article are arranged by topic below. Extreme Weather • "Bracing for the Storm: How to Reform U.S. Disaster Policy to Prepare for a Riskier Future," available at ...