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  • Catastrophe modellers are red hot on climate

    09 July 2021

    InsuranceERM's annual roundup of developments among catastrophe modellers and platform providers finds one overwhelming theme: the need to provide insurers with better ways to understand the impact of climate change on risk. Cintia Cheong, Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey and Paul Walsh report

  • "It's great that insurers are becoming more demanding about their models"

    20 May 2021

    Karen Clark pinpoints the trends driving KCC's modelling updates

  • American Family licenses KCC's US cat models

    27 April 2021

    Insurers' expectations around catastrophe models are rising, says KCC's chief executive

  • US winter storms will lead to 750,000 claims and $18bn insured loss

    23 February 2021

    Cat modelling chief Karen Clark says similar events could reasonably occur in future

  • KCC uses weather prediction techniques in US winter storm model

    12 January 2021

    Winter storms cause nearly $3bn of insured losses in the US annually

  • Hurricane Zeta: loss estimates from KCC, AIR, CoreLogic, RMS

    04 November 2020

    Catastrophe modellers predict up to $5.5bn in insured losses

  • AIR Worldwide forecasts up to $3bn insured losses from hurricane Delta

    14 October 2020

    Damage exacerbated due to Delta following hurricane Laura

  • KCC puts Delta insured losses at over $1bn

    13 October 2020

    Wind and storm surge losses in the US are estimated at $950m

  • RMS estimates up to $3.5bn insured cost from Sally

    24 September 2020

    Hurricane Sally came with stronger winds than expected, weakened quickly but was slow-moving, says RMS

  • Hurricane Sally insured losses could hit $3bn

    21 September 2020

    Latest estimates from AIR Worldwide and Karen Clark & Company