Community Hazard Mitigation

7/17/2018 - 3 min read

Multiple wildfires scorch U.S. West; 300 structures destroyed

Just four of the dozens of wildfires burning across the western United States have consumed nearly a quarter million acres, killed one person, and destroyed more than 300 structures, according to reports from federal and state agencies fighting the blazes. For some affected areas, the threat remains active in an already-busy wildfire season.

6/25/2018 - 2 min read

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 (PPC), Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS), water outreach, and emergency communication center review programs. With your participation and cooperation, we will attain our ultimate goal: safer communities.

5/14/2018 - 1 min read

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.

5/4/2018 - 3 min read

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 those who have been injured, were sickened, or gave the ultimate sacrifice while doing so. The day has been observed since 1999 in countries all over the world.

4/12/2018 - 1 min read

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 its kind in the United States and includes the precise location and functionality of each hydrant as well as other static water supply sources.

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.

1/3/2018 - 5 min read

The danger of combustible exteriors on tall buildings

In the wake of the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower, the London Fire Brigade asked Verisk to perform an analysis on buildings in the UK that have similar characteristics to Grenfell Tower.

12/8/2017 - 3 min read

California's December wildfires: Assessing the risk

To get a preliminary view of risk within the wildfire-affected areas of California, we used FireLine—Verisk’s wildfire risk management tool.

11/17/2017 - 1 min read

AIR updates insured loss estimates for California wildfires

Verisk’s AIR Worldwide has updated its loss estimates for the recent California Wildfires after analyzing findings from its damage survey conducted during the week of October 30. AIR now estimates that insured losses from the Tubbs, Nuns, Atlas, Redwood, and Sulphur fires in California will be between $8 billion and $10.5 billion.

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.