FlatCat Canada

Canadian catastrophe data with flexible, customizable delivery

FlatCat^® Canada offers easy access to the entire PCS^® catastrophe-history database. Users benefit from fast, flexible delivery of severe weather and catastrophe incident information back to 2009. The data can be customized, analyzed, and integrated right into your own system.

Get more Canadian catastrophe information faster

FlatCat Canada supplies up-to-date, relevant information including catastrophe serial numbers, extensions, and loss estimates. The data helps you analyze the effects of catastrophes by province and by storm type.

Better allocate capital and other resources

Improve underwriting

Streamline catastrophe planning

Optimize your reinsurance purchases and other forms of risk transfer

Capture more Canadian catastrophe claims and analyze them better

FlatCat data can be used to identify claims that should be coded as catastrophe losses. Fewer claims will slip through the cracks, eliminating the need to check information manually. You’ll also be able to format the data, integrate it into your own system, create customized reports, and perform a broad range of analyses.

How it works

FlatCat Canada is an encrypted flat-file database requiring IT capabilities to incorporate it into your system. Using Verisk’s secure FTP servers, FlatCat Canada provides a daily data file that includes:

catastrophe serial numbers
dates of occurrence
provinces affected
types of catastrophes and perils
all loss estimates from preliminary to final (estimated payment, average payment, number of claims, total dollars)

Our staff will coordinate with your IT personnel to implement a daily download. Once the updates to your system are in place, the process works automatically. The data you download is always secure, as we support PGP and FTP.