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Paris flood waters expected to rise after river Seine breaks banks
25th January 2018
Intense rainfall continues to hit Paris with the already swelled river Seine expected to continue rising until Saturday, causing roads, metros and monuments to be closed across the City. Forecasters have predicted that the flooding in Paris is going to worse, with authorities predicting that the river Seine will reach more ... Read the full article
Verisk’s ISO business expands personal lines flood insurance programme
12th January 2018
Verisk has launched a new personal lines flood insurance program designed to make flood coverage widely available to homeowners anywhere in the United States through its ISO business. "The floods of recent years have highlighted the inadequacy or complete lack of coverage for many Americans, including those who didn't think they ... Read the full article
Canopius agrees to cede risks to Flood Re
14th December 2017
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer, Canopius, has agreed to cede risks to Flood Re, the UK's Government-backed flood reinsurance scheme. The agreement aims to enable UK homeowners living in flood prone areas with access to more effective insurance solutions. The UK Government has pledged support of the Flood Re scheme until 2039, ... Read the full article
142,000 at risk households now benefit from Flood Re policies
12th December 2017
The latest data from the UK’s government-backed reinsurance scheme, Flood Re, shows that as at September 30th, 2017, the number of policies benefiting from Flood Re increased to 142,000. Flood Re aims to make flood insurance more accessible to property owners in the UK, and its latest data reveals that 77,000 policies ... Read the full article
FEMA set for full $1.024 billion NFIP flood reinsurance recovery
6th December 2017
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is set to recover the full $1.024 billion under its 2017 flood reinsurance program for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), as its estimates show the entire layer blown by losses from hurricane Harvey. The 2017 reinsurance program was placed in January 2017 and ... Read the full article
Renewal process for 2018 NFIP flood reinsurance program gets underway
15th November 2017
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun the procurement process for a 2018 flood reinsurance program renewal for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), to be effective on or about January 1st, 2018. In 2016 FEMA tested the waters with reinsurance protection, purchasing just $1 million of protection ... Read the full article
FEMA selects AIR Worldwide flood risk model for NFIP
13th November 2017
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has selected AIR Worldwide’s Inland Flood and Storm Surge risk models for the United States to help it to get a better understanding of the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) loss potential. By taking up the AIR flood risk model, FEMA will benefit from a ... Read the full article
Recent events highlight expanding U.S. protection gap
27th October 2017
The impact of recent hurricanes in the third-quarter of 2017 on parts of the U.S. brings the country's protection gap into focus, with greater insurance penetration required for what's considered the most developed market in the world. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma brought intense and damaging levels of rainfall, flooding and surge ... Read the full article
AIR launches inland flood model for Japan
24th October 2017
Global catastrophe risk modeller, AIR Worldwide, has launched a new inland flood model for Japan and enhanced the Japan typhoon model, providing a more comprehensive view of the country's flood risk. The models are available through Version 5.1 of AIR's catastrophe risk modelling software, Touchstone, and CATRADER Version 19.1 catastrophe risk ... Read the full article
Hiscox Re and ILS looks to narrow flood protection gap with FloodXtra
17th October 2017
In an effort to address the flood protection gap (disparity between economic and insured losses post-event), Hiscox Re and ILS has launched FloodXtra, a new solution for U.S. personal lines flood insurers. The flood protection gap in the U.S. was highlighted recently by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, a reminder to the ... Read the full article
Insured losses from August Canada floods reach $124 million
28th September 2017
Late August flooding in Canada's Windsor region has caused more than $124 million in insured damage, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). Rains of up to 290 millimetres brought major flooding to Windsor, Tecumseh, and other parts of Essex County. The Windsor Airport broke a rainfall record, receiving 100 millimetres ... Read the full article
RMS appoints Pete Dailey VP, Global Flood Models team
25th September 2017
International catastrophe risk modeller, RMS, has named Pete Dailey Vice President (VP), to oversee the impending launch of the company's U.S. Inland Flood Model, which is scheduled for spring 2018. Dailey brings more than 15 years of industry experience to the role, and will lead flood model development in RMS' California ... Read the full article
Progressives auto loss from Harvey lower than analysts expected
20th September 2017
Insurance group The Progressive Corporation has reported its August catastrophe losses, including the impacts of hurricane Harvey, and the company has revealed auto insurance losses from the storm that are lower than analysts had forecast by quite a margin. Progressive has reported total catastrophe losses of $254 million for August, with ... Read the full article
Hurricane Harvey flood damage up to $75bn, private insured loss over $10bn: AIR
7th September 2017
Risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide has provided an estimate of the total property damage from hurricane Harvey's flooding at between $65 billion and $75 billion, while the risk modeller also estimates private insured wind, surge and flood losses of over $10 billion. The flooding property loss of up to $75 billion ... Read the full article
JBA’s flood risk models added to Aon Benfield and Boat Oasis platforms
5th September 2017
The JBA Risk Management probabilistic UK flood risk model has been included in the Elements platform by reinsurance broker Aon Benfield and a range of JBA flood models have also been added to the Boat Oasis shared services risk modelling platform. Aon Benfield said it was teaming up with JBA to ... Read the full article
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