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Catastrophe modelling is a critical piece of the insurance and reinsurance market chain and product offering. Using catastrophe risk models, insurers and reinsurers analyse risks to inform their pricing and risk appetites.
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More collaboration needed on cat modelling: Twelve Capital’s Jamie Rodney
13th November 2020
Dr. Jamie Rodney, Executive Director of ILS Analytics at ILS investment manager Twelve Capital, has argued that more collaboration is needed across the re/insurance industry when it comes to catastrophe modelling. Rodney’s keynote speech at the online Prospectus 2021 conference yesterday offered some insights into peak catastrophe perils and the ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter launches new Vietnam flood model
10th November 2020
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance arm of global brokerage Marsh, has announced the launch of its new flood model for Vietnam. The probabilistic model will provide full national coverage and help re/insurers to assess their exposure to floods – a peril that affects 70% of the population in Vietnam. The Guy Carpenter Vietnam ... Read the full article
Shift to physical exposure based models is essential: Convergence 2020
8th October 2020
While catastrophe vendor models have an important place in the insurance and reinsurance industry, the influence of climate change suggests it's essential to leverage more physical exposure based models, according to industry experts. On the opening day of the virtually held 2020 ILS Bermuda Convergence event, climate change took centre stage ... Read the full article
Severe weather cost re/insurers $5bn in August: Jefferies
22nd September 2020
Financial services company Jefferies has released a catastrophe loss model update, which estimates that severe weather cost insurers $5 billion in the month of August 2020. This is the same amount as Hurricane Laura, suggesting that weather has been an issue long before the hurricane. Year-to-date, Jefferies expects that catastrophe losses now ... Read the full article
Xceedance and Oasis LMF offer exposure analysis for US perils
17th September 2020
Re/insurance service provider Xceedance has teamed up with the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF) to offer on-demand exposure analysis and results for three key US catastrophe perils. In partnership with model providers CoreLogic, Fathom, and Applied Research Associates (ARA), the Xceedance-Oasis LMF services provide loss metrics for US earthquake, flood, ... Read the full article
AIR updates Tropical Cyclone and Earthquake Models for the Caribbean
31st July 2020
AIR Worldwide has announced the release of two updated catastrophe risk models for the Caribbean region, covering tropical cyclone and earthquake risks. The company said this will provide re/insurers with models which show a comprehensive view of risk across 29 countries and territories in the region. The AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for ... Read the full article
AIR Worldwide updates earthquake model for Australia
30th July 2020
Catastrophe risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the release of its updated Earthquake Model for Australia. The updates were prompted by findings in the National Seismic Hazard Model from Geoscience Australia (GA), which challenged established ideas about seismic activity in the country and significantly decreased the view of seismic hazard. The ... Read the full article
CoreLogic’s Q2 organic revenue up 5% as firm sees $15mn COVID-19 impact
24th July 2020
Risk modelling firm CoreLogic has announced a 4% increase in reported revenues to $477 million in the second-quarter of 2020, and organic revenue growth of roughly 5%, up over 2% from the previous quarter. CoreLogic states that revenues were actually up by 15% once normalised for $28 million of second-quarter 2019 ... Read the full article
KCC puts Tropical Storm Cristobal insured loss at $150mn
10th June 2020
Catastrophe risk modeller Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has estimated that the insured loss from Tropical Storm Cristobal, which made landfall along the US Gulf Coast on June 8th, will be close to $150 million. This KCC estimate includes the privately insured wind and storm surge damage to residential, commercial, and ... Read the full article
Hurricanes and pandemics are “not a good mix”, warns KCC
27th May 2020
On balance, both losses and loss adjustment expenses from hurricanes will increase as a result of the challenges and disruption being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, says Karen Clark & Company (KCC) in a new report. Numerous forecasters have said that it's likely the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will see ... Read the full article
Nasdaq upgrades cat risk modelling service for reinsurers
27th April 2020
Nasdaq has announced the launch of its upgraded catastrophe risk modelling service for the reinsurance industry. The cloud-based solution enables insurers, reinsurers and brokers to access a range of risk models from a number of providers through a single service. It is currently focused on natural catastrophes with models for earthquakes, hurricanes, ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter opts for modelling suite from KCC
24th February 2020
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., has agreed to license the catalogue of natural catastrophe models, execution software and analytics from risk modeller Karen Clark and Company (KCC). This multi-year agreement will provide Guy Carpenter’s clients with access to KCC’s suite of natural peril models, ... Read the full article
Understanding today’s risk critical in closing the flood protection gap: Fathom’s Dr. Smith
12th February 2020
Increasingly open and transparent data is vital in order to drive a greater understanding of, and demand for, flood insurance around the world, and will ultimately help to narrow the flood protection gap, according to Dr. Andrew Smith, Chief Operations Officer (COO) of UK-based flood risk modeller, Fathom. Globally, flood exposures ... Read the full article
RMS releases first version of the Risk Data Open Standard
7th February 2020
Global catastrophe risk modeller RMS has announced that its modern data schema for the risk modelling community, the Risk Data Open Standard (RDOS), was made publicly available for download on January 31st, 2020. The firm's RDOS was built specifically for the industry and represents the new, open standard for holding all ... Read the full article
Climate response requires new products & modelling techniques: Cavaciuti-Wishart, AXIS Capital
4th February 2020
A comprehensive response to the complex challenges posed by climate risk will require reinsurers to adapt business models, develop new products, and improve modelling techniques, according to Ellissa Cavaciuti-Wishart, Head of Cat Modelling – International at AXIS Capital. Faced with the unpredictability of climate-related impacts, reinsurers must develop ever more sophisticated, ... Read the full article
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