AIR Worldwide Releases Updated Earthquake Model for Australia July 27, 2020 Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the release of its updated Earthquake Model for Australia. These updates were...
AIR Collaborates with Data Firm, Precisely, to Offer Int’l Address-Level Geocoding July 15, 2020 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that, as part of its Touchstone 2020 software release, clients now can access a...
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...