Risk modelling news

Catastrophe risk software provider KatRisk has acquired RED, a specialist provider of catastrophe models, including earthquake, flood, landslide, and wind risk models.

Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has expanded its Automated Event Response (AER) service to include US severe convective storms (SCS), further assisting carriers to manage losses from what Aon describes as the costliest insured peril of the 21st century on a cumulative basis.

BirdsEyeView, the European Space Agency-backed insurtech specialising in natural catastrophe modelling and exposure management, has announced the launch of its enhanced Catastrophic Exposure and Risk Analytics platform, CERA®.

CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and the third-party modelling agent for many of the cyber catastrophe bonds that have been issued so far, has announced a new CEO, with its Chief Growth Officer Chris Methven taking on the top role, as Pascal Millaire becomes a Senior Adviser to the company.

Verisk is the second of the catastrophe risk modelling specialists to release an estimate for insurance industry losses caused by recent winter storm Fern in the United States, saying the total could reach $4 billion.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialists at Karen Clark & Company (KCC) have pegged private insurance industry losses from winter storm Fern in the US at $6.7 billion, with estimated losses the highest in Texas and Tennessee.

Catastrophe risk modeling specialist Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Deanne Nixon as Senior Vice President, who joins the firm from global climate risk coverage platform Arbol.

Schroders Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) division has partnered with ETH Zurich, a public university in Zurich, Switzerland, to launch an industry-first independent research project that’s designed to enhance hurricane risk modelling for the ILS sector.

Moody’s has announced that it has launched its North America Severe Convective Storm HD Models, which according to the firm redefines the standard for assessing tornado, hail and wind risk.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has launched Version 3.0 of its US Winter Storm Model, which captures two types of winter storms: extratropical cyclones (ETCs) and Arctic air outbreaks.