risk modeling

As catastrophe risk models for assessing wildfires continue to advance, and as the industry experiences ongoing refinements in pricing and coverage through lessons learned from each new fire season, wildfire catastrophe bonds are anticipated to persist as a permanent and growing feature of the cat bond market, according to Acrisure Re.

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.

CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and exposures that has also been the third-party modelling agent for a number of the cyber catastrophe bonds that have been issued so far, has announced a significant more than $180 million investment in the company to support its long-term growth ambitions.

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), the catastrophe risk modelling specialist, has launched RiskInsight® Version 4.15, the latest version of its RiskInsight open loss modeling platform, which introduces advanced performance and system enhancements to accelerate and streamline risk analysis for insurers, reinsurers, and insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has launched RiskInsight® Version 4.14, the latest version of its RiskInsight open loss modeling platform, which introduces advanced features and performance enhancements to support more precise risk analysis for insurers, reinsurers, and insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers.

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.

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.