February 19, 2019
JBA Risk Management has released its Sri Lanka Flood Model onto Simplitium’s ModEx platform. The initiative is specifically aimed at broadening accessibility to the Sri Lanka model for both the insurance and wider disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. The announcement …
November 9, 2018
CoreLogic, the Irvine, Calif.-based property data and analytics firm, announced it is expanding its Flood Risk Score and Weather Verification Services for hail into Canada. The availability of the CoreLogic Flood Risk Score and Weather Verification Service for hail in …
October 31, 2018
The Willis Research Network (WRN) announced it has renewed its partnership with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation. The agreement represents a continued commitment to working collaboratively in order to develop and promote better understanding of earthquake risk. “The truly …
September 4, 2018
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it is collaborating with reinsurance broker Capsicum Re to enhance the insurance industry’s modeling of what many refer to as “silent” cyber incidents. As part of the collaboration, the two firms will identify …
August 6, 2018
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it has released Touchstone Re, a new catastrophe modeling software application designed for estimating the loss potential of reinsurance contracts and portfolios, industry loss warranties, and insurance-linked securities. AIR Worldwide said Touchstone …
August 3, 2018
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it has released Touchstone Re™, a new catastrophe modeling software application designed for estimating the loss potential of reinsurance contracts and portfolios, industry loss warranties, and insurance-linked securities. AIR Worldwide said Touchstone …
July 19, 2018
Not-for-profit catastrophe modeling platform “Oasis Loss Modelling Framework” announced that all components of its catastrophe modeling software are now open source and downloadable from GitHub, free of charge. This step means that Oasis is making sophisticated catastrophe modeling more accessible …
July 17, 2018
RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, announced it has strengthened the Asia Pacific capabilities of its Version 18 catastrophe risk management software. The Asia Pacific model suit is being expanded to include new peril models for India …
March 2, 2018
RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling and analytics company, announced the appointment of Karen White as its new chief executive officer, replacing current CEO and co-founder Hemant Shah. With more than 25 years experience as an executive and investor …
March 1, 2018
A startup modeling firm named Jupiter is reaching for the stars in its quest to better model for the impacts of climate change. The firm recently launched what its calling a “transformative cloud-based technology platform,” noting in its promotional literature …