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Joe Louwagie

Joe Louwagie, assistant vice president, Property Claim Services for Verisk insurance solutions – Claims and Crime Analytics, is responsible for catastrophe identification, loss estimating, and activities for catastrophe response and mitigation. He’s an authority on catastrophe issues affecting the private and public sectors, with more than 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

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1/1/2015 - 5 min read

2014 catastrophe year in review: Up a little, down a lot

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2013 year in review: High in catastrophes, low in losses