Public Protection Classification
Best practices for underwriting natural catastrophe risk
Taking into consideration the nuances of the property you’re insuring can help you take charge of multifaceted risk factors.
Verisk 2021 wildfire risk analysis provides updated data on rising threat
Fully understanding the peril of wildfire and the primary risk factors involved is crucial to accurate property underwriting. FireLine® Risk Reports can help keep you…
Mitigate web portal provides free data-driven resources to improve community fire protection
Mitigate provides objective, countrywide fire protection data to help fire protection officials evaluate and improve their emergency preparedness.
The nuances of fire station type in predicting future losses
A new Verisk study shows how fire station type fares in predicting fire loss, alone and in combination with ISO’s Public Protection Classification (PPC).
Hot in here: Why it’s getting harder to fight house fires
It’s important for insurers to understand advances in fire science and how they assess a community’s adaptation to evolving challenges in fire protection.
How understanding high-performing fire departments can help insurers
ISO’s Community Hazard Mitigation works closely with fire departments and communities through our Public Protection Classification (PPC®) program, which develops…
California wildfires spark state insurance legislation
Recent record-breaking, destructive California wildfire seasons highlighted insurance issues that drove the introduction of over 17 bills during the 2017–2018 state…
PPC: Evaluating fire protection at the grass roots
Insurers measuring the level of protection in a community need to know which station responds first to every address, who and what are inside those stations, where the…
Mendocino Complex Fire, California’s largest, keeps burning
Verisk's FireLine categorized more than 99 percent of the Mendocino Complex Fire area as at risk, with over 94 percent at high or extreme risk.
Trust, experience give PPC an edge in rating fire protection
Fire protection in the United States didn’t grow up overnight. It arose and evolved piece by piece, and to this day, fire protection is changing in large and small ways.…
Educating the community on fire safety—the benefit to insurers
ISO Community Hazard Mitigation actively works with fire departments, building departments, water suppliers, and municipalities with our Public Protection Classification…
Going the distance and more to rate fire protection
Plotting the distance to the nearest fire station seems like the obvious path for an insurer to take when measuring fire protection.
Celebrating International Firefighters’ Day
May 4 is International Firefighters’ Day, a time to honor the dedicated men and women who put themselves at risk to protect our communities and, of course, to remember…
Verisk records 8.9 million fire hydrants in the United States
Verisk reached a national milestone this past February with the recording of 8.9 million hydrants in its GIS fire hydrant database. The GIS database is the only one of…
AIR estimates losses for California wildfires
Verisk estimates that industry insured losses from the Tubbs, Pocket, Nuns, Atlas, Redwood, and Sulphur fires in California will be between $2 to $3 billion.