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Reask names Andy Rice as Chief Growth Officer, US
19th November 2025
Reask, a provider of early warning, real-time, and probabilistic risk forecasting solutions for global extreme weather events, has appointed Andy Rice as Chief Growth Officer, US, to bolster its presence across the country. In the new role, he will lead efforts to expand access to Reask’s advanced extreme weather data and ... Read the full article
Howden Re and Reask partner to address emerging risks in Europe
8th September 2025
Howden Re, the global reinsurance broking arm of Howden Group, has partnered with Reask, a provider of climate-driven modelling solutions to enhance insurers’ ability to assess and manage the growing impact of emerging perils in France and the UK. The pair's collaboration highlights a broader shift: as climate risk intensifies, modelling ... Read the full article
Reask introduces global tropical cyclone alert service for insurers
16th July 2025
Reask, a provider of tropical cyclone risk intelligence, has launched a new global alert service aimed at helping insurers and catastrophe modellers track storms before they make landfall. The service uses high-resolution windfield forecasting to give early regional insights into developing tropical systems. Unlike standard agency forecasts, which typically focus on public ... Read the full article
Reask appoints Jo Williams as Head of Insurance Sales
21st May 2025
Jo Williams, a seasoned leader in property catastrophe and risk modelling, has been appointed as the new Head of Insurance Sales at Reask, a science and technology company focusing on extreme weather modelling. Williams' extensive experience in aligning climate-driven extreme weather risk with strategic insurance solutions makes her uniquely suited to ... Read the full article
Reask appoints Joss Matthewman as Chief Revenue Officer
19th March 2025
Reask, a climate analytics and technology-driven risk modelling firm, has announced the appointment of Joss Matthewman as Chief Revenue Officer. Matthewman brings extensive experience in re/insurance and catastrophe modelling, with a deep understanding of how models are built, applied, and scaled across global re/insurance, parametric insurance, and ILS markets. He joins Reask ... Read the full article
Reask completes $4m funding round
14th March 2025
Reask, a climate and catastrophe risk assessor, has successfully completed a $4 million funding round, led by the InsuResilience Investment Fund Private Equity II (IIF II), managed by BlueOrchard Finance Ltd. Reask specialises in delivering precise, event-driven data on tropical cyclones, with plans to expand into other perils. Its proprietary datasets ... Read the full article
Juniper Re to utilise Reask’s hurricane risk data
4th June 2024
Juniper Re, the reinsurance broking arm and indirect subsidiary of The Baldwin Group, has collaborated with Reask, a climate and catastrophe risk assessor, on the delivery of pre- and post-landfall hurricane wind speeds and precipitation forecast data to Juniper Re clients. According to Juniper Re, despite recent advancements, translating information like ... Read the full article
AXA Climate partners with Reask on parametric windstorm insurance
14th March 2024
AXA Climate, the climate risk insurance broker, has strategically partnered with Reask, a provider of climate risk modeling solutions, to leverage its Metryc product to offer advanced parametric windstorm insurance solutions. The partnership leverages the Metryc product to offer parametric solutions based on precise location-level wind speed data following tropical cyclone ... Read the full article
Cytora and Reask partner to enhance insurer’s nat cat risk management
14th August 2023
In a move to revolutionise the insurance industry's approach to natural catastrophe risk assessment, Cytora, a pioneering digital risk processing platform, has joined forces with Reask, a leading provider of advanced natural catastrophe risk analytics. This strategic partnership aims to seamlessly integrate Reask's cutting-edge natural catastrophe risk analytics APIs into the ... Read the full article
Kettle offering parametric hurricane reinsurance in the US using Reask’s model & data
26th June 2023
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask, has entered into a partnership with InsurTech MGA Kettle, which will allow Kettle to offer location-level, wind speed-based parametric hurricane reinsurance in the US. According to the announcement, this new partnership will allow Kettle to expand its climate-related offering to include parametric ... Read the full article
Reask raises $6.55m total in investment funding
15th June 2023
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask, has raised a total of $6.55m in investment funding, with its most recent seed round reaching $4.6m. With its latest funding, Reask will add more hazard coverage and grow its team internationally to better service customers, the company stated. The latest seed round ... Read the full article
Reask appoints David Schmid Head of Parametric Products
1st December 2022
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask, has appointed David Schmid as Head of Parametric Products to expand its global parametric insurance product offering. Schmid is an expert in natural catastrophe risk modelling and parametric insurance. Additionally, he has a deep technical knowledge of modelling, structuring, and underwriting parametric ... Read the full article
Reask appoints new Climate Science Advisor
31st October 2022
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask, has appointed Daniel Swain, PhD, as Climate Science Advisor as the company expands perils covered by its global climate connected technology. According to the announcement, Reask’s new advisor will provide academic oversight of existing technology and advise in the development of its ... Read the full article
Reask names Louise Braybrooke as new Chief Client Officer
20th September 2022
Reask, a leading science and technology company that focuses on natural hazard modelling, has appointed Louise Braybrooke as its new Chief Client Officer. As a well-known specialist in Technical Sales, Account Management, and Customer Success in the catastrophe and geospatial analytics vertical, Braybrooke has deep knowledge and experience within P&C insurance, ... Read the full article
Reask names Jamie Rodney as new CEO
1st September 2022
Climate analytics and technology driven risk modelling firm Reask has named Jamie Rodney as its new chief executive officer. The firm said in a statement that Rodney will succeed Thomas Loridan, who will become chief scientist and executive chairman. Loridan said in a statement: “We have known and worked with Jamie for ... Read the full article
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