Catastrophe Risks

Resilience Economics Formed To Focus on Climate Risk

November 2, 2017

Resilience Economics Ltd., a corporate finance advisory firm focused on climate risk, has been launched to use advanced data science to structure new and innovative climate risk capital solutions for prominent institutions and governments around the world. Read More


AIR Estimates California Wildfire Insured Losses Up to $3 Billion

November 1, 2017

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that industry insured losses from the Tubbs, Pocket, Nuns, Atlas, Redwood, and Sulphur fires in California will be between $2 billion and $3 billion. AIR's loss estimates capture residential, mobile home, commercial, and automobile losses, as well as direct business interruption losses. Read More


Overview of Hurricane Nate's $650 Million-$1.35 Billion in Total Loss

October 24, 2017

CoreLogic announced preliminary loss estimates for Hurricane Nate. According to the data analysis, total insured and uninsured loss for both residential and commercial properties, including damage from both flood and wind, is estimated to be between $650 million and $1.35 billion. Read More


RMS Caps Insured Losses from Puebla Earthquake at $1.2 Billion

October 4, 2017

Catastrophe risk modeling organization Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has provided its initial loss estimates following the Puebla earthquake in Central Mexico on September 19, 2017. RMS said that economic shake losses will be between $4 billion and $8 billion, but it expects that insured losses will not exceed $1.2 billion. Read More


Captive Insurance Use Around Catastrophe Losses

September 25, 2017

The recent spate of natural disasters has focused a spotlight on catastrophic losses. "Captive insurance," says JLT Insurance Management's (JLIT's) Anne Marie Towle, "can play an important role in helping organizations defray some of the related financial losses." Read More