The risk models that helped drive one of the most lucrative bets of 2023 are increasingly being tested by smaller weather shocks fueled by climate change. Catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities, which powered last year’s highest-returning hedge fund strategy, …
Executive summary: The key to getting useful model results is working with models that fit specific underwriting needs and making sure the models are regularly updated while employing qualitative analysis (in addition to the models’ quantitative analysis), say experts from …
Resolute Global Partners, an investment adviser specializing in insurance and reinsurance, announced the launch of “Footprint,” a new type of reinsurance contract, which the firm created in collaboration with global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re and catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark …
At the start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, Insurance Journal spoke with Karen Clark, founder of two catastrophe modeling firms and now CEO of Karen Clark & Company (KCC). August 24, 2022 is the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew …
American International Group Inc. and other insurers avoided steep losses from a spate of extreme weather this year thanks in part to the reinsurance industry. But increased reliance on those policies probably means price hikes are coming. “This year we’re …
Insured building values in the U.S. now exceed $40 trillion — including residential, commercial and industrial structures, according to a new report from catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. When contents and time element exposures are added in, the …
Boston-based Karen Clark & Company (KCC), independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models and catastrophe risk management, announced the release of the RiskInsight® open, global platform for catastrophe risk management. The bulletin described RiskInsight has featuring “an open architecture that …
There have been 28 storms in U.S. history since 1900 which if they were happen today would each cause $10 billion or more in insured losses. Hurricane Andrew, which struck Florida 20 years ago this week, would be three times …
A new risk management tool promises to help insurance companies understand wide swings in loss estimates from traditional catastrophe models and better plan for large loss events. Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), founded by a woman who pioneered in catastrophe …
Catastrophe models are a great risk management tool for property/casualty insurers but even the person who created the first one is worried that they are being given more credit and influence than they deserve. Karen Clark is an expert in …
