casualty modeling News

Moody’s Acquires Praedicat to Add Casualty and Liability Models

Moody’s Corp. today said it acquired analytics firm Praedicat. The acquisition adds casualty and liability modeling to Moody’s range of market leading solutions for the insurance industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Praedicat’s models and predictive analytics help …

Markets/Coverages: Specialist Re/insurer Apollo Announces Partnership With Praedicat to Harness Emerging Risk Insights

Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, announced a three-year agreement with Praedicat, the California-based emerging risk analytics and modeling company, that will deploy Praedicat’s technology and data for Apollo’s underwriting and portfolio management. Praedicat’s CoMeta™ platform creates underwriting …

Casualty: The Next ILS Frontier?

Executive Summary: While progress has been made in the development of casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS), there still is significant work to do, says Aaron C. Koch of Milliman, who discusses some of the key structural and product design questions that …

AIR Worldwide, RenaissanceRe Collaborate to Develop Casualty Catastrophe Model

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it is collaborating with RenaissanceRe, a global re/insurer, as part of a joint effort to enhance the industry’s modeling of long-tail casualty risk. “Since our inception, RenaissanceRe has been at the forefront of …

Casualty Catastrophe Modeler Praedicat Raises $6 Million

Praedicat said it has completed a $6 million, early-stage financing. The Los Angeles-based casualty catastrophe modeling company plans to use the money to accelerate development of products that prepare insurers and other companies for emerging or latent commercial risks. Frank …