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ZestyAI’s Severe Convective Storm suite receives approval in Ohio
6th May 2025
ZestyAI, a provider of AI-driven insurance risk analytics, has announced that its Severe Convective Storm suite, which includes Z-HAIL™, Z-WIND™, and Z-STORM™, has received regulatory approval from the Ohio Department of Insurance. With the addition of Ohio, the suite is now approved for use in 16 states. Ohio has experienced 36 billion-dollar ... Read the full article
LA wildfires drive Q1’25 insured losses above $53bn: Aon
17th April 2025
According to Aon's Q1 Global Catastrophe Recap, insured losses in the opening quarter exceeded $53 billion, well above the 21st-century Q1 average of $17 billion, marking the second-highest total on record after Q1 2011. As per the firm's report, the California wildfires contributed approximately $38 billion to this insured loss total, ... Read the full article
PERILS adds SCS to 2025 exposure database following major loss events
17th April 2025
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS AG has added market sums insured for the peril of severe convective storm (SCS) in Europe, Japan, and New Zealand to its 2025 Industry Exposure Database (IED), citing growing demand from re/insurers following multi-billion-dollar loss events in Germany, France, and Italy in recent years. For ... Read the full article
April US floods & SCS outbreak to cause insured losses up to $3bn: Gallagher Re
14th April 2025
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has pegged preliminary insured losses from the persistent flooding and severe weather across the central and southern US in early April at between $1 billion and $3 billion, but warns that this initial range is subject to change. The loss estimate range provided by the broker combines ... Read the full article
April US floods & SCS to drive hundreds of millions in insured losses: Aon
11th April 2025
Persistent flooding and severe weather across parts of the Mississippi River Valley from April 2 to 7 are expected to result in insured losses reaching into the hundreds of millions of USD, according to Aon’s weekly catastrophe report. Continuous storm development along a stagnant frontal boundary during this period brought heavy ... Read the full article
Aon launches five-step framework to manage SCS exposure
4th April 2025
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has launched its Severe Convective Storm (SCS) Five-Step Framework, a structured approach designed to help insurers mitigate weather volatility across their portfolios. Since 2015, annual US SCS insured losses have averaged $33 billion, according to Aon’s data, marking a 90% increase compared to the previous ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re estimates insured losses of up to $3bn from March US Tornado outbreak
21st March 2025
From March 13-16, 2025, intense weather conditions across parts of the US led to numerous hazards, with preliminary assessments from reinsurance broker Gallagher Re estimating insured losses between $1-3 billion, making it the year's first billion-dollar severe convective storm (SCS) event. Steve Bowen, Chief Science Officer at Gallagher Re, explained that ... Read the full article
ZestyAI’s Severe Convective Storm suite receives approval in Minnesota
27th January 2025
Climate and property risk analytics provider ZestyAI has announced that its Severe Convective Storm suite, which includes Z-HAIL, Z-WIND, and Z-STORM, has received regulatory approval from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. This approval enables Minnesota insurers to better assess storm risks, enhance underwriting accuracy, and implement proactive risk management strategies. Minnesota has ... Read the full article
Final industry loss estimate for Australia Christmas storms raised to AU $1.60bn: PERILS
20th December 2024
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has released its fourth and final insurance industry loss estimate for the Australia Christmas storms which impacted the the states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland during the period of 23 - 29 December 2023, lifting the figure to AU $1.606 billion. PERILS ... Read the full article
2024 tropical cyclone losses among costliest of the past decade: Munich Re
5th December 2024
A new white paper from reinsurance company Munich Re reveals that the 2024 tropical cyclone season, characterised by unusually severe storms, ranks among the costliest of the past decade, with losses significantly surpassing the ten-year average. Insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2024 have surpassed the $100 billion threshold once again. ... Read the full article
9M’24 insured natural catastrophe losses above average at $102bn: Aon
28th October 2024
Global broking group Aon estimates insurance industry losses from natural catastrophe events in the first nine months of 2024 of at least $102 billion, with the impacts of hurricane Milton and additional events expected in the rest of the year poised to push annual insured losses above the $125 billion ... Read the full article
Demex Group’s Chief Scientist to lead Industry Advisory Board of Center for the research of convective storms
26th September 2024
Stephen Bennett, Demex Group's Chief Scientist, a risk analytics and intelligence company offering reinsurance solutions for severe convective storms, is to lead the Industry Advisory Board for a new Cooperative Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Convective Storms. The Center - proposed by Northern Illinois University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along ... Read the full article
KatRisk launches new SCS model amid rising losses
19th September 2024
KatRisk, a global catastrophe modelling company, has launched a new Severe Convective Storm (SCS) model to tackle the increasing risks associated with these storms. With SCS events causing $70 billion in insured losses globally in 2023, KatRisk aims to enhance the understanding and management of these risks. The SCS model improves risk ... Read the full article
Severe convective storms drive 70% of $60bn insured losses in H1: Swiss Re
7th August 2024
According to a new report from Swiss Re, global insured losses from natural catastrophes have reached $60 billion in H1 of 2024, with severe thunderstorms, mainly in the US, accounting for 70% of the total figure. At $60 billion, global insured losses from natural catastrophes in H1 of 2024 are reportedly ... Read the full article
ZestyAI’s AI-powered Severe Convective Storm Models secure regulatory approval in Texas
26th July 2024
ZestyAI, a provider of AI-driven climate and property risk analytics solutions, has received approval for use in rating and underwriting from the Texas Department of Insurance for its complete suite of Severe Convective Storm products. These include Z-HAIL, Z-WIND, and Z-STORM, which along with Z-FIRE, ZestyAI's predictive wildfire risk analytics product, ... Read the full article
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