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Flexible, customizable PCS® catastrophe data delivery

FlatCat® puts the entire PCS® catastrophe-history database right at your fingertips. It offers insurers and reinsurers a flexible delivery method for fast, easy access to severe weather and catastrophe incident information from as far back as 1950. You can customize, analyze, and integrate the data right into your own system.

Get more catastrophe information faster

FlatCat supplies the most up-to-date and relevant information about catastrophes and data on the insured losses affected. The solution provides catastrophe serial numbers, definition extensions, and loss estimates to analyze the effects of catastrophes by state and storm type.

  • Better allocate capital and other resources
  • Improve underwriting
  • Streamline catastrophe planning
  • Optimize your reinsurance purchases and other forms of risk transfer

FlatCat lets insurers and reinsurers capture more catastrophe claims

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With FlatCat, it’s easier to assign catastrophe codes to claim records in your internal systems. Fewer claims will slip through the cracks, eliminating the need to check information manually.

Analyze PCS catastrophe data in the format you choose

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You can format the data to suit your needs and integrate it into your own system. FlatCat gives you the flexibility to create customized reports and perform a broad range of analyses.

How it Works

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

  • catastrophe serial numbers
  • dates of occurrence
  • states 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 and make any system changes needed to implement an automated daily download. Once you have those changes in place, the process works automatically. The data you download is always secure because we support PGP encryption over FTP and Tumbleweed’s Security Suite.

Receive FlatCat Sample Data

Submit the form below for a small sample of the FlatCat data:

  • Cat records

    All catastrophe records since 1950, including serial numbers, dates, states, perils, and loss estimates

  • Loss estimates

    All loss estimates since 1998 by line, including number of claims and average payments

Request a FlatCat Sample

Select the sample data you want to receive:

For More Information about PCS

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Tom Johansmeyer | ARM
Head of PCS

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Ted Gregory | Director of Operations, PCS