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The Climate Factor: Why 100 Years of Data Is Not Enough for Cat Models
Catastrophe models are designed to help risk managers in different industries understand the probability of occurrence of extreme events, typically for the next several years. But the time horizon ...
New Flood Risk Maps Designed to Address Major Government Deficiencies
First Street Foundation, a nonprofit agency, is making accurate climate change-adjusted flood scores available for every property in the U.S. today. There are government-produced maps showing 8.7 ...
Worst-Case P/C Coronavirus Losses in Key Lines Could Hit $80B: Willis Towers Watson
Key property/casualty insurance lines could face COVID-19 insured losses reaching a combined $80 billion in a worst-case scenario modeled by Willis Towers Watson as part of a new report. U.S. and ...
AIR Worldwide Launches Free COVID-19 Catastrophe Modeling Tool
AIR Worldwide has launched a free COVID-19 catastrophe modeling tool, one that predicts cases and offers death projections for the weeks ahead. The company said its product, formally named the Verisk ...
PCS Extends Catastrophe Methodology to More Asia/Pacific Countries
Property Claims Services (PCS), a Verisk subsidiary, has extended the catastrophe loss aggregation methodology, previously developed for use in Japan, to cover more territories in the region. ...
Extreme Weather Makes Weather Trackers Valuable to Insurers, Banks, Commodity Traders
Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. The senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an ...
Australia Floods Dominated February Catastrophe Events: Aon’s Impact Forecasting
Australia's Northern Queensland experienced widespread flooding from Jan. 26 to Feb. 7, which cost insurers more than A$893 million (US$635 million) with total economic losses of at least A$1.7 ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb/Aon and AGCS
Chubb and a catastrophe modeling firm will partner to develop a new terrorism risk model for Manhattan in New York City and other dense urban environments. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty ...