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CatX, the digital catastrophe and parametric risk exchange company, has announced another partnership with modelling and risk analytics specialist Verisk, whose catastrophe risk models will be integrated into its platform services.

KatRisk, the catastrophe risk modelling software provider and the third-party risk modelling agency for the NFIP’s FloodSmart Re catastrophe bonds, has been acquired by Technosylva, a company focused on wildfire simulation modeling, risk analysis and operational response software solutions.

In a timely move, specialist flood risk intelligence and data firm Fathom has announced the launch of a state-of-the-art global flood catastrophe risk model, named Global Flood Cat.

Insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has launched a new catastrophe model to analyse the impact of Severe Convective Storms (SCS) in the United States, allowing re/insurers to make better decisions on portfolio management for this expanding and increasingly costly peril.

Catastrophe risk software provider KatRisk has unveiled a Severe Convective Storm (SCS) Model designed to transform how the insurance industry manages volatile weather risks, such as hail, tornadoes, and straight-line wind.

Skyline Partners, a full-service provider in the parametric insurance supply chain, and global reinsurer Munich Re have revealed that a partial claim under a parametric insurance policy triggered by Hurricane Beryl has been paid out to the Jamaican Co-operative Credit Union League (JCCUL).

Severe convective storm (SCS) losses in the United States drove insurance and reinsurance market losses of $50 billion to $60 billion in 2023, but while this was above-average, risk modeller Karen Clark & Company warns that annual losses from the peril could be much higher.

The catastrophe bonds that have seen the biggest price moves in recent weeks appear to be those that have seen their expected losses rise the most when remodelled using the RMS V23 update, according to Plenum Investments.

It is notable how the recent update of one of the main hurricane risk models triggered a wave of selling in the catastrophe bond market, investment manager Tenax Capital has commented.

Over the course of the last month, what had been an environment of catastrophe bond spreads tightening has shifted to one where spread widening has been seen through most of April and into the first week of May, which alongside more balanced supply and demand, some attribute at least in part to the latest hurricane […]