risk modeling

The 1% aggregate exceedance probability insured loss (also the 100-year return period loss) from global catastrophe events has been estimated as around $320 billion by risk modeller AIR Worldwide, while the average annual is now over $100 billion.

Moody’s Corporation has agreed to acquire one of the insurance and reinsurance market’s leading catastrophe risk modelling firms, RMS, for a reported price of US $2 billion, in a deal expected to close later this year.

One of the insurance and reinsurance market’s leading catastrophe risk modelling firms, RMS, is being offered for sale by its owner DMGT.

Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has announced the launch of a new Florida hurricane catastrophe risk model developed by its specialist Impact Forecasting unit, as it seeks to provide an alternative view of the risk to market participants.

Insurance and reinsurance focused private equity firm Stone Point Capital LLC and New York venture and private equity firm Insight Partners have completed their roughly $5.9 billion acquisition of CoreLogic, the property risk modelling, data and analytics company.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist RMS has said that average annual insurance industry losses from North Atlantic hurricanes could increase by 24% by 2050, while European floods could drive 59% more in insured losses by the same year.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist RMS has announced the launch of what it calls “significant updates” to its North Atlantic Hurricane (NAHU) Models, incorporating data from recent active years, including from 2017’s Harvey and Irma.

CoreLogic, the property risk modelling, data and analytics company, has announced that it is being acquired by reinsurance focused private equity firm Stone Point Capital LLC and New York venture and private equity firm Insight Partners for roughly $5.89bn.

Catastrophe risk modelling firm RMS is set to incorporate climate change more fully into its main suite of risk models, with climate change models expected for the RMS North Atlantic Hurricane, Europe Inland Flood and Europe Windstorm models by June.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist AIR Worldwide announced this week some timely updates to its Hurricane and Inland Flood Models for the United States.