Exclusive: California Broker Plans Parametric Quake Product That Pays Even If No Damage July 21, 2017 By Don Jergler A California broker is promising to bring a “first-of-its-kind financial resource” that pays homeowners after an earthquake for a low...
CoreLogic: Taking Big Data Analytics to New Customers and Consumers December 2, 2014 By Charles E. Boyle Imagine an insured taking a photo of a property that gives underwriters every bit of information they need to assess...
Early Insured Loss Estimates on Hurricane Gonzalo Up to $400M October 23, 2014 Early estimates by catastrophe modeling firms indicate insured losses from Hurricane Gonzalo in Bermuda will come in between $200 and...
Experts: New Normal Creating Need for More Predictive Modeling September 24, 2014 By Don Jergler A “new normal” has created the need for the catastrophe modeling to move from historic to predictive methods of looking...
Lloyd’s U.S. Chief on Board with Climate Change May 22, 2014 By Don Jergler Despite risking offense to non-believers, Hank Watkins didn’t hesitate when he was asked if climate change was upon us. Watkins,...
CoreLogic Acquires Catastrophe Modeling Firm Eqecat December 29, 2013 CoreLogic, an Irivine, Calif. company that provides the insurance, financial services and real estate industries with data and analytics, has...
EQECAT: Colorado Floods $2B in Economic Losses and Climbing September 20, 2013 By Don Jergler The floods in Colorado caused an estimated $2 billion in economic losses, according to a report from catastrophe modeling firm...
Eqecat Agrees to Share Exposure Data Schemas With RMS May 31, 2013 Catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat announced that it has finalized an agreement to share exposure data schemas with another major catastrophe-modeling...
EQECAT: Likely No Damage From Two California Quakes May 31, 2013 According to EQECAT’s CatWatch on two moderate sized earthquakes in California this week there should be little to no damage...
Former Eqecat President Keogh Joins Reinsurance Broker TigerRisk March 27, 2013 Bill Keogh, who last week resigned as president of catastrophe risk modeling firm Eqecat, has joined reinsurance broking and risk/capital...