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Early Insured Loss Estimates on Hurricane Gonzalo Up to $400M
Oct 23 2014 // Early estimates by catastrophe modeling firms indicate insured losses from Hurricane Gonzalo in Bermuda will come in between $200 and $400 million. EQECAT estimates $300 million in insured losses, about the scale caused by...
AIR Worldwide Discusses Expected Damages From Typhoon Phanfone
Oct 6 2014 // An ominous storm from the outset, Typhoon Phanfone is now on track to impact large areas of Japan with damaging winds and substantial rainfall, from Osumi and the southeastern coast of Kyushu to Shikoku and Honsh,...
Heat Wave, Thunderstorms Batter Europe: AIR Analysis
Jun 13 2014 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has analyzed the severe thunderstorms that pummeled western and central Europe, starting on Sunday, June 7. The storms packed “extremely strong and damaging winds, large hail,...
Strong M7.2 Earthquake Shakes Acapulco, Mexico City: AIR Analysis
Apr 21 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, on the morning of April 18, 2014, a M7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Mexico, 37 km [23 miles] north of the municipality of Tecpán de Galeana (approximate population...
AIR Worldwide Appoints Guin Executive VP to Direct Research Program
Apr 15 2014 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that Dr. Jayanta Guin has been appointed executive vice president. He “will continue to direct AIR’s innovative research program as well as assist with...
Tropical Cyclone Christine Hits Australia’s Pilbara Coast: AIR Worldwide Analysis
Jan 2 2014 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports: “Severe Tropical Cyclone Christine made landfall at approximately 1200 UTC on December 30 between Whim Creek and Roebourne. Maximum sustained wind speeds were 157 km/h...
Europe’s Stormy Weather as Winter Storms Slam the UK: AIR Worldwide Analysis
Dec 30 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, over the last several days, a series of three winter storms (named Christian, Dirk, and Erich) cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes across the UK and France and...
UPDATE: AIR Worldwide on Typhoon Haiyan’s Catastrophic Destruction
Nov 11 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, in the three days since Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the central Philippines, the scale of the devastation revealed in its wake continues to...
UPDATE: AIR Worldwide Reports on European Windstorm Christian
Oct 30 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide continued its analysis of Windstorm “Christian,” which smashed into southern Britain Monday, October 28, knocking over trees, flooding lowlands, and disrupting land, sea,...
Europe Battered by Winter Storm Christian: AIR Worldwide Analysis
Oct 29 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported that “winter storm ‘Christian’ (known as ‘St. Jude in the United Kingdom) battered the western shores of southern Great Britain early on Monday,...
AIR Worldwide Analyzes ‘Significant Damage’ from Cyclone Phailin
Oct 16 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin made landfall on the eastern coast of India near Gopalpur in Odisha.” AIR said it was a “large storm, with gale...
AIR Worldwide Analyzes Typhoon Nari as it Crosses the Philippines
Oct 15 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide Typhoon Nari, aka Santi, made landfall in the Philippines, “as of 18:50 October 11, 2013 UTC (2:50 October 12, 2013 PHT; 14:50 October 11, 2013 EDT), just south of...
Weakened Typhoon Danas in Korea Strait, Sea of Japan: AIR Worldwide
Oct 9 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, after pounding Okinawa with the outer reaches of its 184 km/h [114 mph] winds Monday evening local time, Typhoon Danas has weakened to tropical storm strength and it is...
Strong Quake Strikes Southern Pakistan: AIR Worldwide Analysis
Sep 25 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, “at 7:29 a.m. Eastern time (4:29 p.m. local time), a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Pakistan. The epicenter was located 69 km (43 miles) north-northeast...
Typhoon Usagi Weakens before Hitting China Coast: AIR Worldwide
Sep 23 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Severe Typhoon Usagi, the 19th named storm to form in the Northwest Pacific this year, “made landfall near the city of Shanwei (150 kilometers [94 miles]...
Typhoon Usagi Heads Toward Taiwan and China: AIR Worldwide
Sep 20 2013 // AIR Worldwide’s latest report on Typhoon Usagi describes a “Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 204 km/h [127.5 mph].” It is “expected to strengthen over the coming days and could...
Central New Zealand Shaken by M6.5 Earthquake: AIR Analysis
Aug 19 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, homes and roads in central New Zealand were damaged by a M6.5 earthquake on Friday, August 16, at 2:31 p.m. local time (2:31 a.m., UTC), but no serious injuries have...
Tropical Cyclone Utor Slams Philippines, Heads towards China: AIR Worldwide
Aug 13 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that “Typhoon Utor slammed into the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Monday, August 12, at around 3:00 pm local time (7:00 UTC) with 10-minute sustained winds of...
Downgraded Flossie Leaving Hawaii
Jul 30 2013 // The remnants of what was Tropical Storm Flossie are currently northwest of Kauai and moving away from the islands at about 15 miles per hour, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. The Central Pacific...
AIR Worldwide Promotes Churney to Chief Operating Officer
Jul 24 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide promoted Bill Churney to the newly-created position of chief operating officer. Based in AIR’s Boston headquarters office, Churney will have immediate responsibility for all...
