All Cat modelling articles
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NewsVerisk: Industry leaders warn on volatility, resilience, and a need for shared data standards
Executives from Lloyd’s, Aviva and Verisk used the Verisk Insurance Conference 2025 in London to deliver a shared message: insurance must brace for more volatility, adapt to rapid technological shifts, and adopt common standards to keep pace with the risks facing clients.
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NewsFrequency perils lead cat surge to $152bn expected insured annual cost – Verisk
A report from insurtech and catastrophe risk modeller Verisk highlights the strain on insurers as severe thunderstorms, wildfires and floods drive sustained losses, with exposure growth and climate change adding further pressure
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NewsOpen-Source Risk Modelling: Unlocking Global Access to Resilience
Open modelling is about more than individual loss events, it’s about global capacity building and risk understanding, writes Dickie Whitaker, CEO, Oasis Loss Modelling Framework.
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NewsWildfire, SCS, and the future of cat modelling – Karen Clark interview
Karen Clark, CEO of Karen Clark & Company (KCC), is a pioneer in catastrophe risk modelling. As the industry faces mounting challenges from wildfires, severe convective storms (SCS), and shifting market conditions, the looks to the future of cat models.
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NewsKCC estimates $28bn insured losses for Palisades, Eaton fires
Insured loss estimate based on high-resolution KCC US Wildfire Reference Model.
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NewsMilton to cost $26bn “best estimate” insured loss – Moody’s RMS
Hurricane Milton will cost insurers and reinsurers somewhere in the range of $22-$36bn, according to Moody’s RMS Event Response.
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NewsMoody’s RMS puts $11bn insured estimate on Helene
Hurricane Helene will cause an insured loss of between $8bn and $14bn, according to the estimate of catastrophe modeller Moody’s RMS.
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NewsNat cat insured bill hits ‘new high’ of $151bn annual loss average – Verisk
Exposure growth is expected to average 7.2%, according to a new report from catastrophe risk data and analytics firm Verisk.
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NewsKCC: What’s causing market disruption and how to fix It
Karen Clark writes on the challenge facing catastrophe modelling, and the need for a major upgrade.
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NewsDebby insured loss capped at $1.5bn – Moody’s RMS
Catastrophe modeller Moody’s RMS’s Hurricane Debby estimate represents insured losses associated with wind, storm surge, and precipitation-induced flooding.
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NewsHowden Re and Temblor strike Turkish earthquake partnership
A new research and risk assessment partnership is announced between the reinsurance broker and earthquake cat modeller.
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NewsVerisk estimates Beryl US insured losses in $2-3bn range
The cat modeler’s estimate for Hurricane Beryl is based on industry insured losses to onshore property from wind.
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NewsMoody’s RMS puts €2-3bn insured loss estimate on German floods
Southern Germany is expected to constitute most of this event’s loss, the cat modeler said.
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NewsMoody’s RMS developing point location data for simpler cat models
2024 is tipped to be the hottest year for 100 million years, with droughts and wildfires continuing to be a major threat, according to the cat modeller’s chief research officer.
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NewsIdalia: Moody’s RMS provides $3.5bn insured loss estimate; versus $2.5-4bn Verisk figure
The first major hurricane landfall in Florida’s Big Bend since records began in 1842, Idalia could have been much worse had it taken a different track or not weakened before landfall.
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NewsIdalia impact limited by low population area landfall - Moody’s RMS
Florida’s Big-Bend coastal area is sparsely populated, reducing the impact of Hurricane Idalia, while inland losses are expected to be less than last year’s Hurricane Ian.
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NewsReport tackles climate modelling uncertainty
Regulators have different approaches, resulting in a lack of consistency and hindering re/insurers efforts
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NewsHurricane Ian to cost insurers up to $74 billion - RMS
Estimate reflects insured wind, storm surge, and inland flood impacts for the US with additional NFIP losses up to $10 billion
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NewsAeolus and SUNY collaborate on hurricane prediction
The research will look at the medium-term time forecast horizon, using machine learning techniques
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NewsHurricane risk in 2050
Study assesses the likely impact of climate change on hurricane severity and storm surge over the next 30 years
