Catastrophe Risks
Milliman To Redesign Nationwide Rating Plan for NFIP
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has selected Milliman, Inc., to provide actuarial consulting services to redesign flood insurance products across the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Milliman will provide state-of-the-art tools, technology, and analysis to FEMA in order to design a new rating plan for NFIP policies nationwide. Read More
Resilience Economics Formed To Focus on Climate Risk
Resilience Economics Ltd., a corporate finance advisory firm focused on climate risk, has been launched to use advanced data science to structure new and innovative climate risk capital solutions for prominent institutions and governments around the world. Read More
AIR Estimates California Wildfire Insured Losses Up to $3 Billion
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that industry insured losses from the Tubbs, Pocket, Nuns, Atlas, Redwood, and Sulphur fires in California will be between $2 billion and $3 billion. AIR's loss estimates capture residential, mobile home, commercial, and automobile losses, as well as direct business interruption losses. Read More
Overview of Hurricane Nate's $650 Million-$1.35 Billion in Total Loss
CoreLogic announced preliminary loss estimates for Hurricane Nate. According to the data analysis, total insured and uninsured loss for both residential and commercial properties, including damage from both flood and wind, is estimated to be between $650 million and $1.35 billion. Read More
RMS Caps Insured Losses from Puebla Earthquake at $1.2 Billion
Catastrophe risk modeling organization Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has provided its initial loss estimates following the Puebla earthquake in Central Mexico on September 19, 2017. RMS said that economic shake losses will be between $4 billion and $8 billion, but it expects that insured losses will not exceed $1.2 billion. Read More