Hail

4/4/2018 - 3 min read

A handle on hail: Measuring a volatile risk

A new Verisk white paper, Hail: The Hidden Risk, examines key challenges for insurers, which include measuring the risk and detecting past damage.

3/9/2018 - 4 min read

Splitting the polar vortex: Is the globe spinning the wrong way?

Europe and North America experienced cold Arctic winds, while it was relatively balmy at the North Pole. Blame it on the splitting of the Polar Vortex.

2/2/2018 - 2 min read

P/C insurers see $22.4 billion drop in net income

The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net income after taxes drop to $22.4 billion in nine-months 2017.

1/8/2018 - 2 min read

January 2018 preview: historical catastrophe activity

With winter underway, Verisk's PCS® looks ahead to January catastrophe event risks. PCS has designated 17 catastrophes during the month of January between 2008 and 2017. What will 2018 bring?

12/21/2017 - 2 min read

AER winter forecast predicts cold in northern and eastern U.S., mild in southwest

The 2017-18 winter forecast from Verisk’s Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) shows below-normal temperatures for the northern and eastern United States, with above-normal temperatures in the southwestern and southcentral U.S.

11/7/2017 - 2 min read

Hurricanes drive demand surge in reconstruction costs

At the U.S. national level, reconstruction costs spiked in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, according to Verisk's 360Value® Quarterly Cost Update on reconstruction costs for the fourth quarter of 2017.

10/27/2017 - 4 min read

Residential wind and surge damage inflicted by Hurricane Irma

Verisk's team surveyed areas around Miami and the Florida Keys to understand the nature and intensity of wind and storm surge damage from Hurricane Irma.

10/12/2017 - 14 min read

Top 10 historical hurricanes: What would they cost today?

Before this summer’s hurricanes Harvey and Irma broke the 11-year “drought” of major U.S. hurricane landfalls, most people probably thought that as many as six of the top 10 U.S. storms occurred in 2004 and 2005.

10/6/2017 - 2 min read

Property/Casualty insurance industry’s net income drops 29.2 percent in first-half 2017

9/21/2017 - 5 min read

Notes from the AIR damage survey team in Florida

On September 16, an AIR damage survey team headed to southwest Florida to conduct damage surveys following Hurricane Irma’s second U.S. landfall on Marco Island.