Tech Update: Howden Re Offers Property-Level Modeling for SRCC Risks September 2, 2026 Howden Re, the reinsurance arm of insurance broker Howden, is partnering with the modeling company Synthetik Insurance Technologies, to launch...
Viewpoint: When Andrew Returns – A Look Back at a Pivotal Insurance Event August 25, 2026 By David Delaney At five o’clock on the morning of August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew came ashore near Homestead, Florida, as a Category...
Viewpoint: Is it Time to Rethink the ‘Secondary-Peril’ Label and Reclassify Risk? August 12, 2026 By Vikas Wadhera As climate events intensify, exposure is expanding, and loss severities from secondary perils, such as convective storms, wildfires, floods and...
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Are Insurers Ready for a Different $100B Disaster? July 14, 2026 By Jessica Boyd and Daniel Bannister On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of...
Wall Street Is Gaining Access to New Catastrophe Models to Help Predict Wars June 15, 2026 By Gautam Naik As Wall Street races to incorporate war into its risk scenarios, the same people modeling natural catastrophes are now adapting...
Winter Storm Fern to Cause Up to $6.7B in Insured Losses February 3, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The late January winter storm will cause insured losses of up to $6.7 billion, making it one of the costliest...
UK Actuaries Sound Alarm on Loss Models Downplaying Climate Risk January 14, 2026 By Frances Schwartzkopff The finance industry is relying on climate models that understate the speed at which temperatures are rising, according to a...
The Ghost of Hurricane Katrina Haunts Catastrophe Modelers August 29, 2025 By Gautam Naik When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, causing greater insurance losses than any other natural disaster in...
Hurricane Erin Is Disrupting Both Europe’s Weather and Forecasts August 22, 2025 By Joe Wertz Hurricane Erin is muddling computer models and making forecasters, analysts and traders question the accuracy of the outlook for heat,...
KCC Completes Review of California Wildfire Model August 1, 2025 The California Department of Insurance completed a review of the KCC US Wildfire Reference Model Version 3.0, making it the...