The U.S. property/casualty market sustained an estimated $21.1 billion in underwriting losses in 2023, highlighting the challenges the industry faces as a result of natural catastrophes and inflation. According to joint analysis by global data analytics and technology provider Verisk …
How can artificial intelligence change property and casualty insurance claim processing? Two industry experts answered that question from a few angles during Carrier Management’s annual InsurTech Summit. Frank Giaoui, founder and CEO of Optimalex Solutions, and Shane Riedman, general manager …
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, …
Data analytics firm Verisk beat estimates for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by strong demand for its products used by property and casualty (P&C) insurers to assess underwriting risks. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT P&C insurers’ earnings have been hit by higher …
Verisk, the Jersey City, New Jersey-based data analytics and technology provider, has launched a suite of next generation catastrophe models. Verisk’s suite of 100+ Next Generation Models (NGM) is designed to help insurers and reinsurers evaluate risk across the globe, …
Verisk Analytics forecast 2024 adjusted profit below market estimates last Wednesday, as the broader data and analytics industry grapples with worries that an uncertain economy would potentially trigger spending cutbacks from clients. The company’s products primarily cater to U.S. property …
Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of generative AI adoption. Yet these …
KYND, the London-based provider of cyber risk management solutions, has disclosed “a substantial investment” to propel expansion and further growth. The investment comes from Verisk, a leading global data analytics and technology provider, and existing backer BGF, one of the …
While only three hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, rapidly intensifying hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans charted near the top of record lists in 2023. Each of the year’s major Atlantic hurricanes — Lee, Idalia …
Moody’s RMS, the risk modeling and solutions company, estimates private market insured losses from Hurricane Otis to range between US$2.5 billion and US$4.5 billion. On the other hand, Verisk puts insured losses at US$3 Billion to US$6 Billion. The estimated …
