Hedge Fund That Rode Catastrophe Bond Rally Mounts Tactical Retreat March 13, 2024 By Gautam Naik A hedge fund that last year delivered its best result ever thanks to catastrophe bonds is now scaling back its...
Risk Models Behind Insurance-Linked Securities Are Getting a Lot Harder to Crack February 26, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on...
Tech Update: Xceedance Offers Cat Modeling Services to Reinsurers During Renewals October 13, 2023 Xceedance, a global provider of strategic operations support, technology, and data services to insurance organizations, announced the launch of burst...
Markets/Coverages: Carpenter Launches Update of Catastrophe Analytics Platform September 8, 2023 Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of the next generation of its catastrophe analytics platform,...
The Care and Feeding of Property-Catastrophe Models September 7, 2023 By L.S. Howard Executive summary: The key to getting useful model results is working with models that fit specific underwriting needs and making...
Catastrophe Experts Discuss Maui’s Long Road to Recovery August 29, 2023 By Allen Laman While wildfire search and rescue efforts continued in Maui, a group of CoreLogic experts gathered online last week to discuss...
KCC Estimates Storm Hilary Caused Nearly $600M in Insured Losses August 28, 2023 Catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co. said privately insured losses in the U.S. from Hurricane Hilary will be near $600...
Hurricanes Moving Farther North to Pummel Millions More Homes in US February 27, 2023 By Leslie Kaufman and Eric Roston Is it possible to predict exactly where the wind will blow? How about where it will blow 30 years from...
Study Shows How Machine Learning Could Predict Rare Disastrous Events December 21, 2022 By Brown University When it comes to predicting disasters brought on by extreme events (think earthquakes, pandemics or “rogue waves” that could destroy...
Aon Buys Mexico’s ERN, Expanding Its LatAm Catastrophe Modeling Capabilities November 14, 2022 Aon plc, the global professional services firm, expands its catastrophe modeling and consultancy capabilities in Latin America with the acquisition...