Community Hazard Mitigation
Spreading the word on building code effectiveness
Building code effectiveness and enforcement are vital to a community’s risk mitigation and something most insurers consider highly important when underwriting a property…
Growing pressures, new solutions: Verisk's 2017 Risk & Analytics Summit
The 2017 Verisk Risk & Analytics Summit will be held in Jersey City October 4-6, 2017. Earlybird registration is now open.
The critical function of water in fighting fire risk
A community’s water supply is something insurers need to consider to properly manage risks and underwrite policies. This article examines three major impacts on water for…
The ebb and flow of property risk
The very existence of residents and businessowners in coastal communities depends on the tides, but there’s also an ebb and flow that affects building codes.
Human activity dramatically increases the duration of wildfire season
According to a report published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "human-ignited wildfires accounted for 84 percent of all wildfires,…
Resilience: An American underdog story
Communities throughout America are just like Rocky Balboa. Despite being assaulted by many massive tornadoes, hurricanes, superstorms, wildfires, and other major…
Interview: Fighting for safer homes
Robert Andrews, vice president and chief field operations officer, Verisk Insurance Solutions, interviews Leslie Chapman-Henderson of the nonprofit Federal Alliance for…
Improvements seen in BCEGS® states
An analysis by ISO Community Hazard Mitigation shows states participating in BCEGS® show markedly improved building code adoption and enforcement.
The pros and cons of solar panels
Weighing the pros and cons of solar roofs from an environmental and safety perspective.
U.S. Fire Administrator Ernest Mitchell on WUI risk
One of the central topics facing the fire service is the fact that trends indicate fire risk has been growing in the wildland-urban interface (WUI).
Key findings from the 2015 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis
California leads U.S., with most households at high or extreme risk from wildfires, according to the 2015 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis.
Property-specific data enhances flood risk management
Insurers can better understand property flood risk by surveying exposures and accounting for building characteristics at the point of underwriting.
Verisk records 7.5 million fire hydrants in the United States
Verisk GIS database records 7.5 million fire hydrants in the United States, including the precise location and condition of each.
The dynamic world of public fire protection
New methodology for Public Protection Classification (PPC) grades will allow resurvey of nearly 48,000 communities every few years.
Determining PPC by section/township/range now possible
Verisk LOCATION PPC database allows rural insurers to assign a Public Protection Classification (PPC) code by section/township/range.