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5/15/2025 - 4 min read

On the edge of risk and resilience

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

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.

7/12/2023 - 4 min read

2023 Turkey Earthquakes: Models Should Already Consider These Events

Large earthquake risk in Turkey is very much a reality and can produce significant losses.

5/31/2023 - 5 min read

Climate change vs. climate variability: their impact on insured losses

Catastrophe models help better understand and quantify insured losses caused by climate change and climate variability.

5/30/2023 - 3 min read

Wildfire: Insurers and communities adapt to an ever-growing threat

Wildfires have moved rapidly to the fore as an exposure for insurers to understand and manage in states at high risk for this peril.

Arctic Amplification Melting Iceberg Teaser

5/15/2023 - 4 min read

Arctic Amplification: A Very Bad Positive Feedback Loop

The Arctic amplification has been warming the north pole more than twice the global average, contributing to extreme weather farther south.

5/4/2023 - 2 min read

What happens after catastrophes? Protection in a time of loss

Despite mitigation measures, natural hazards may still cause damage, and insurers need actionable data to guide underwriting and pricing.

4/6/2023 - 2 min read

Severe thunderstorms and hail: Concentrated events that pack a punch

Severe thunderstorms are a common natural phenomenon in the US, causing more than half of annual reported insured losses since 1985.