A rising risk demands data that can keep up
The growing scope and severity of wildfire risk call for practical, innovative tools to help insurers manage their exposure.
4.5 million U.S. properties are at high to extreme risk for wildfire, according to Verisk estimates.
Manage wildfire risk at the address level
Manage wildfire risk at the address level
FireLine® provides property-specific hazard scores based on the risk factors of fuel, slope, and access, and identifies risks exposed to wind-borne embers. Additional available insights include community-level mitigation information and historical wildfire activity.
Wildfire Risk Insight
Managing wildfire risk has grown rapidly as a priority for insurers operating in states exposed to this peril. Recent record-breaking events has pushed wildfire toward the center of the industry’s attention.
Wildfire risk is on a rising long-term trajectory, and it takes diverse, high-quality data to take a scientifically sound measure of the threat.
See how destruction aligns with risk
See how destruction aligns with risk
FireLine is extensively validated with post-event wildfire data. The tool is frequently updated to better reflect the latest risk landscape, drawing on our deep expertise in the science of wildfire trends and behavior.
Wildfire Risk Analysis
Verisk’s wildfire risk analysis determines the number and percentage of properties at high and extreme risk from wildfire in the 13 most wildfire-prone states and two Canadian provinces.*
*AB, AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, and WY
Understand the role and effectiveness of mitigation
Understand the role and effectiveness of mitigation
Verisk works in concert with community-level mitigation programs to track participation. And we’re using aerial imagery to study the levels of adoption and effectiveness of property-level mitigation efforts such as maintaining defensible space around structures.
Additional insights
Preparing for a growing peril: The age of the ‘gigafire’ has begun
As dramatic as the statistics surrounding the 2020 wildfire season were, the messages they carry and the questions they raise are even more critical to address.
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Record-breaking West Coast infernos put a fresh focus on wildfire risk
Wildfires on the west coast have burned more than 5 million acres in 2020, renewing discussion in climate change's role in this growing peril.
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California, Colorado wildfires show extreme behavior amid heatwave
Multiple major wildfires have scorched more than 170,000 acres combined in California and Colorado, with some fires showing extraordinary behavior.
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