Why El Niño’s Promise of Quieter Hurricane Season May Not Be Good News for Insurers July 27, 2026 By Niket Nishant, Ashitha Shivaprasad and Manya Saini For insurers, the periodic El Niño climate phenomenon has traditionally lowered the risk of costly Atlantic hurricanes, but decades of...
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...
KCC Estimates Privately Insured Losses From Hurricane Melissa Will Hit $2.4 Billion November 6, 2025 By L.S. Howard Catastrophe modeling company KCC estimates that privately insured losses from Hurricane Melissa will hit $2.4 billion. This estimate includes insured...
When Luck Runs Out: Where $100B Hurricanes Might Happen August 27, 2025 Lists published every hurricane season, adjusting the amounts of insurance losses for past events for inflation to current-dollar levels, give...
Wildfire Losses Increasing But Still Small Compared to Hurricanes: KCC April 16, 2025 Wildfire losses in the U.S. are increasing, but the risk is still considerably smaller than hurricanes, according to a new...
Global Reinsurers’ ROE Jumps to 22% in 2023, but Market Softening Unlikely: AM Best November 1, 2024 By L.S. Howard AM Best’s population of global reinsurance companies posted a return on equity (ROE) of 22% in 2023 – a five-year...
KCC Expects Private Insured Losses of $36B From Hurricane Milton October 15, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Florida’s Hurricane Milton caused private insured losses of about $36 billion, estimated catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co. The estimate...
Catastrophe Bondholders Sidestep Large Losses From Weather-Related Calamities July 16, 2024 By Gautam Naik Last month, amid reports that Hurricane Beryl would become the earliest Category 5 hurricane in history, a group of money...
Damage From Hurricane Beryl May Cost Insurers $2.7B in US, $510M in Caribbean: KCC July 11, 2024 Insurers in the United States may take a hit of about $2.7 billion from damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, catastrophe...
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...