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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 18, 2011
Homeowners rates in Massachusetts have been inflated due to the use of “unproven and in some cases discredited hurricane models,” according to the state’s attorney general.
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By Staff Writer |
November 2, 2011
Edgewater Technology, Inc., and ISO are building on their long-standing relationship to offer carriers products and integration services. The two companies formed a strategic alliance to provide implementation and integration services for QuickFill, ISO's data prefill product.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 19, 2011
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in the region of Sikkim, India yesterday, causing moderate to heavy damage to vulnerable structures, as well as at least 38 fatalities and over 100 injuries, according to catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions.
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By Staff Writer |
September 13, 2011
Trillium Software, a business of Harte-Hanks, Inc., and an enabler of total data quality solutions, announces an agreement with AIR Worldwide, the provider of catastrophe risk modeling software, to provide more precise geocoding through the integration of Trillium’s geospatial capabilities with AIR’s catastrophe modeling application.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 8, 2011
Typhoon Talas could cost insurers as much as $600 million as officials search for victims of the weekend storm that slammed into western Japan and claimed more than 50 lives.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 16, 2011
Catastrophe-risk modeler EQECAT has dramatically changed its estimate of insured losses from the Tohoku, Japan earthquake to between $22 billion and $39 billion.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 13, 2011
Claims from the earthquake that shocked the Murcia region of Spain on Wednesday will cost the state owned insurer around $100 million, risk-modeling firm EQECAT says.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 4, 2011
Reinsurance brokerage firm Holborn says estimates of insured losses from the Tohoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami in March are off by as much as $23 billion.
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By Staff Writer |
March 30, 2011
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide says it has released an enhanced typhoon model for the Northwest Pacific Basin.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 18, 2011
A new wave of capital into the market, similar to what happened after Hurricane Katrina, is unlikely to occur after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan, as post-Katrina investment returns have not had the desired results, according to analyst firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
