AIR Worldwide Corp., the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm, said it is at work on a new hybrid hurricane storm track model.

The company said it made the announcement at a recent conference it held where it discussed a near-term projection for hurricanes striking the U.S. coast over the next few years. AIR said it sees the risk increasing 10 percent on average with the largest relative increase in the southeast.

The firm said its near-term projections, which consumer advocates have attacked for skewing insurance rates upward, was presented to climate scientists and meteorologists at its International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change held in May at Hersonissos, Crete.

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