AIR News

AIR Updates Terrorism Insurance Model for U.S.

Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has updated its terrorism model for the United States to reflect less frequent and lower-severity attacks based on a reassessment of the threat by a team of terrorism experts. The model is used …

200 Dead, More Missing, as 7.2 Quake Collapses Buildings in Eastern Turkey

The latest news reports have put the death toll at more than 200 with over 1,000 injured as a strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck eastern Turkey at 10:41 UTC (1.41 pm local time) near the city of Van in Eastern …

AIR Estimates Insured Losses from Hurricane Jova at Less than $52 Million

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, estimates that insured losses caused by Hurricane Jova from flood-induced damage, as well as from some isolated wind damage along Mexico’s southern coastal areas, will be “less than MXN 700 million ($52 million),” assuming an …

AIR Analyzes Jova Damages

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s Dr. Tim Doggett, even though hurricane Jova has weakened to a tropical depression, it’s still capable of causing further damage. “Jova’s slow speed raises the potential for heavy rainfall accumulations—especially in the higher …

Typhoon Nesat Hits Hainan Island, China Mainland; AIR Analysis

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s latest bulletin on Typhoon Nesat notes that it “made landfall as a moderate Category 1 storm on the northeastern corner of the island of Hainan at 2:30 pm local time (6:30 UTC) Thursday, near the …

AIR Estimates Typhoon Roke Insured Losses at $150 to $600 Million

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has given preliminary estimates of the insured losses from Typhoon Roke at between JPY 12 billion ($150 million) and JPY 46 billion ($600 million). As reported earlier, Typhoon Roke, the 15th named storm of the …

AIR Report: Typhoon Roke Now Offshore; Passed Tokyo with Heavy Rain

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, after crossing over more than 350 kilometers [219 miles] of the main Japanese island of Honshu, Typhoon Roke, the 15th named storm of the 2011 Northwest Pacific typhoon season, has moved out to …

Typhoon Roke Threatens Japan: AIR Report

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide more than a million people were evacuated in central and western Japan in advance of Typhoon Roke’s arrival. The storm formed on September 10 and is the 15th named storm of the 2011 …

Hurricane Maria Makes Landfall on Newfoundland; Now Post-Tropical

A report from catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide notes that “Extratropical Storm Maria made landfall as a minimal Category 1 hurricane on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula near Cape Pine on Friday afternoon about 4:00 pm local time (2:30 pm EDT) after …

AIR Lowers Insured Loss Estimates for Hurricane Irene in the Bahamas

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has revised its industry insured loss estimates for Hurricane Irene’s impact in the Bahamas to between $200 million and $400 million (previously $300 million to $700 million). However, AIR also indicated that its “loss estimates …