Data and Analytics Firm CoreLogic Weighs Unsolicited Acquisition Bid June 29, 2020 Data and analytics firm CoreLogic disclosed it has received an unsolicited acquisition bid from an investment firm and hedge fund....
AIR Worldwide Estimates Global COVID-19 Deaths Could Reach 644,000 During June May 22, 2020 The number of COVID-19 cases globally over the next four weeks may reach 50 million total cases, with 644,000 estimated...
RMS Releases High Definition Models for European Severe Convective Storm May 5, 2020 RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, announced the release of new European Severe Convective Storm (EU SCS)...
AIR Worldwide Launches Free COVID-19 Catastrophe Modeling Tool April 16, 2020 AIR Worldwide has launched a free COVID-19 catastrophe modeling tool, one that predicts cases and offers death projections for the...
Failure to Act on Climate Change Could Make Weather Risks Uninsurable: Swiss Re April 8, 2020 By L.S. Howard Global warming will lead to growing intensity and frequency of severe weather events, rising losses, as well as greater uncertainty...
A Tale of Two Californias: Managing Wildfire Risk in the Year 2030 February 6, 2020 By Chris Folkman For most of the 20th century, the insurance industry considered wildfires to be little more than a benign nuisance. They...
Insured Losses from Typhoon Hagibis Estimated at $7B-$11B: RMS November 1, 2019 Insured losses stemming from Typhoon Hagibis in Japan are estimated to range between US$$7 billion and $11 billion, according to...
Insured Losses from Typhoon Faxai Estimated at US$5 Billion to US$9 Billion: RMS September 30, 2019 RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, has estimated that the insured loss from Typhoon Faxai will be...
Japan Quakes to Cost Insurance Industry $2B-$3B Annually: Karen Clark & Co. August 30, 2019 For insurers and reinsurers, the 1995 Kobe earthquake produced $3 billion in insured property losses, but a repeat of a...
AIR Worldwide Releases Update of New Zealand Earthquake Model June 21, 2019 Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the release of its updated earthquake model for New Zealand. This model...