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RMS Estimates that Total Insured Losses from the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires Will Be Between US$7bn – US$13bn

Latest RMS estimate includes loss from new fires that started and spread following the previous RMS loss estimate in September Newark, CA – December 15, 2020 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk solutions company, estimates insured losses from the …

RMS Collaborates with Willis Re and Securian Financial on Launching the First Indemnity-Based Mortality Catastrophe Bond

London, UK – 23 Nov, 2020 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk modeling company, collaborated with Willis Re Securities and Securian Financial to launch the new La Vie Re Limited (Series 2020-1) mortality catastrophe bond providing US$100m of reinsurance …

AIR Worldwide Updates Wildfire Model with Event-Based Risk Management Approach

Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has released an updated Wildfire Model for the United States designed to provide a comprehensive view of the risk of wildfire to property within the 13 westernmost conterminous states. The event-based modeling approach …

Guy Carpenter Launches Updates to MetaRisk Capital Modeling Tools

Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the launch of MetaRisk Reserve 5 and MetaRisk 9, the latest updates to its suite of capital modeling tools. MetaRisk Reserve 5 adds a rich application program interface (API) that embeds within each client’s existing …

RMS Says $77B in San Francisco Property at Risk from Sea Level Rise by 2100

An analysis by catastrophe risk management firm RMS of economic risk to San Francisco’s property from future sea level rise found billions of dollars worth of property at risk. The analysis was used to inform the city’s recently released Sea …

Lloyd’s Develops Standardized Data Requirements for Cyber Risks

Lloyd’s of London announced that a set of common core data requirements for cyber risks has been agreed by collaborating with modeling firms AIR Worldwide and RMS, along with RMS’ partner, the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. Both AIR and …

Barbican Underwriter Elected Chair of Lloyd’s Market Association Cyber Group

Geoff White, underwriting manager for Cyber, Technology and Media at Barbican Insurance Group, has been elected chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) newly created Cyber Business Panel. White was elected by the members of the panel on June 5. …

One Catastrophe Won’t Scare Away Alternative Capital: S&P Panelists

Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance have surged to record levels this year thanks to the continuing influx of alternative capital into the reinsurance market, leaving credit analysts and industry executives with questions about the challenges and benefits this …

Verisk Climate, WDT to Develop Weather-Related Analytics Products for Businesses

Verisk Climate, a provider of enterprise climate risk management products, and Weather Decision Technologies (WDT), a weather industry technology provider, have formed a long-term alliance to develop new, more advanced analytics and products focused on the business impacts from weather …

Lessons from U.S. Blackout of 10 Years Ago: Kemp

Exactly 10 years ago, at 15:05 Eastern Time on August 14, 2003, an overhead power line came into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio. What happened next is a frightening case study of how vulnerable modern economies are …