Catastrophes

6/8/2026 - 3 min read

AI You Can Trust: Verisk as a Partner in Your AI Strategy

How Verisk helps insurers apply trustworthy AI to catastrophe risk—grounded in science, transparent by design, and built for real decisions.

6/3/2026 - 4 min read

Fortune Favors the Prepared Mind

Verisk CRS President Rob Newbold on navigating a shifting hazard environment, AI integration, and what a "prepared mind" means for the industry today.

5/27/2026 - 3 min read

AI in Catastrophe Modeling: How AI Reduces Manual Work and Accelerates Decisions

How Verisk uses embedded AI to streamline catastrophe modeling workflows, delivering faster insights, stronger governance, and repeatable results.

5/11/2026 - 4 min read

AI in Catastrophe Modeling: Embedded in the Science

How Verisk embeds AI into catastrophe science to deliver insurance risk insights—defensible, transparent, and grounded in physics at scale.

5/6/2026 - 10 min read

Catastrophe Exposure Management: Taking More Ownership of the Risk

Is your view of risk keeping pace with your portfolio?

4/21/2026 - 5 min read

Severe Thunderstorms: A Frequency, Accumulation, and Volatility Peril

How near-present climate modeling and claims-aligned vulnerability are helping insurers and reinsurers better understand severe thunderstorm frequency, accumulation, and volatility risk.

1/8/2026 - 6 min read

When Models Meet Reality: The LA Wildfires and Shifting Global Risk

In this article, we step beyond the model to analyze the real-world factors that contributed to the devastation caused by the Eaton and Palisades fires.

Group Of Coworkers Revewing Data On Screens

11/24/2025 - 3 min read

A Pioneering Vulnerability Functions Framework for Casualty CAT Models

Explore a groundbreaking framework of vulnerability functions designed to transform casualty catastrophe (CAT) modeling. Learn how this innovative approach enhances accuracy in loss estimation and risk assessment for the insurance industry.

11/11/2025 - 6 min read

Beyond the Fire: The Science of Bushfire Risk Modeling in Australia

Discover how new science, research, and data are redefining bushfire risk modeling and resilience across Australia.

11/7/2025 - 9 min read

Through the Eye of the Storm: A Hurricane Katrina Retrospective

Twenty years later, Verisk leaders recall Hurricane Katrina's impact on August 29, 2005, and how the watershed event reshaped the reinsurance industry forever.

10/14/2025 - 5 min read

Beyond Shake Intensity: The Science of Resilience in Mexico

Verisk's updated Mexico Earthquake Model integrates engineering precision with financial modeling to help insurers build resilient portfolios.

8/1/2025 - 4 min read

Rethinking Frequency Perils: Verisk Updates Severe Thunderstorm Model

How Verisk is helping the Insurance industry rethink frequency perils

5/15/2025 - 4 min read

On the Edge of Risk and Resilience

Rob Newbold, President of Verisk Catastrophe and Risk Solutions, reflects on catastrophe modeling's human impact and strategic enhancements in the industry in his annual letter to clients and partners.

4/30/2025 - 3 min read

Quarterly Reconstruction Cost Growth Rate Remains Modest for Now

Total reconstruction costs in the United States, including materials and retail labor, increased by 5.2% from April 2024 to April 2025, up from April 2023 to April 2024 (4.6%).

9/16/2024 - 2 min read

Property Repair Costs Growth Accelerates in Q2 2024

Key factors in property expenses—labor, materials, claims, and trends in the US & Canada. Plus, review claims data trends vs. prior years.