Applied Insurance Research

• Near-Term Models Misjudge Hurricane Losses By Billions

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 2, 2011

  Catastrophe modelers, through their near-term models, have overshot actual insured losses for 2006 through 2010 by as much as $53 billion.

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  Near-Term Models Misjudge Hurricane Losses By Billions?

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 18, 2011

  Karen Clark & Co. has issued its third annual report on the performance of three near-term catastrophe models, which concludes that they have "significantly overestimated" losses during the five-year period.

• Are Insurers Too Dependent On Catastrophe Modeling?

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 22, 2010

  Are insurance carriers putting too much weight on the results of catastrophe models in underwriting risks and managing their concentration of exposures?

• Are Insurers Too Dependent

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 19, 2010

  Are insurance carriers putting too much weight on the results of catastrophe models in underwriting risks and managing their concentration of exposures?