January 13, 2025
Moody’s Corp. has agreed to acquire CAPE Analytics, which provides geospatial AI intelligence for residential and commercial properties. Moody’s said the deal will create a property database capable of delivering instant, address-specific risk insights as it brings together Moody’s Intelligent …
September 5, 2023
Moody’s RMS and Verisk on Monday each released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Idalia. RMS estimated total private market insured losses from Idalia to be between $3 billion and $5 billion, with a best estimate of $3.5 billion. Verisk meanwhile …
August 15, 2023
Executive summary: Climate change, caused by human activity, is already leading to an increase in the frequency and severity of hot extremes, including heatwaves. While it is difficult to ascribe any given event to climate change, Moody’s RMS says, extreme …
November 16, 2022
Catastrophe modeler RMS said private market U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Nicole are estimated at less than $2 billion, with a best estimate of $1.6 billion. This estimate represents insured losses associated with wind, storm surge, and precipitation-induced flooding. Losses …
November 16, 2022
Climate change has raised the cost of natural disasters, as rising sea levels and drought increase the frequency and severity of flooding and wildfires, insurers and risk modeling experts say. The list of the 10 most expensive events of the …
November 9, 2022
With just over three weeks to go until the official end of the 2022 North Atlantic Hurricane season, Subtropical Storm Nicole – the fourteenth named storm of the year, could be a rarely seen event – a hurricane in November …
October 10, 2022
Catastrophe modeler RMS chimed in on Hurricane Ian with an estimate of private-market insured losses from the storm of $67 billion. The Moody’s Analytics company said the amount was a “best estimate,” and also supplied a range of between $53 …
August 19, 2022
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at RMS and and Catalina. A summary of these new hires follows here. Moody’s, RMS Appoints Hare MD of APAC Andrew Hare has been appointed managing director, Asia Pacific at RMS, the …
August 17, 2022
With a few weeks to go until the North Atlantic Basin enters its most active period, now is a good time to recap recent activity, review updated seasonal forecasts, and look ahead to what may be in store for the …
June 30, 2022
This content was recently published in the Blogs section of RMS’ website. It is republished here with permission. Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflationary trends have captured news headlines around the world. Starting with the pandemic, by …