Risk Assessment

1/18/2023 - 2 min read

As increases slow, reconstruction costs show signs of stabilizing

Total reconstruction costs, including materials and labor, increased 6.8% from January 2022 to January 2023, a drop from the last quarter.

12/12/2022 - 2 min read

Why it’s time to rethink vehicle cybersecurity

12/6/2022 - 3 min read

How one "mega drought" strains clean energy sources

Exploring the implications of the drought in the Western United States and its potential impact on the U.S. power grid.

Facial Recognition Technology Lawsuits Teaser

11/30/2022 - 7 min read

An Analysis of Facial Recognition Technology Lawsuits

Analyzing several lawsuits arising from the use of facial recognition technology, setting new legal precedent.

11/2/2022 - 2 min read

Clear away obstacles to fast, profitable small commercial underwriting

Prefill application details, amplified with analytics, can fuel small commercial underwriting automation by tapping unstructured data

10/31/2022 - 2 min read

Keeping pulse: Tracking the latest price surges to maintain ITV

Verisk data shows the cost to rebuild a property is still more than 11 percent higher, on average, than it was pre-pandemic.

10/21/2022 - 3 min read

Reimagine small commercial underwriting with better, broader data

Automated underwriting requires high-quality data. The quote must be informed by a holistic view of the applicant’s risk profile.

10/20/2022 - 6 min read

Will climate change lead to more hurricanes?

Verisk’s Climate Change Projections help organizations investigate how loss metrics such as average annual losses (AALs) and return period may change in the future.

10/19/2022 - 3 min read

Hurricane Ian and other pressures drive uptick in reconstruction costs

Total reconstruction costs, including materials and retail labor, increased by 9.3% from October 2021 to October 2022.

10/3/2022 - 3 min read

Non-rate actions: Dial in profit during a hard personal auto market

Non-rate actions that don’t require a rate filing are one of the fastest ways to help with insurers’ profitability during a hard market.

9/27/2022 - 3 min read

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.

8/8/2022 - 3 min read

What’s going on with fire? Taking measure of a growing peril

Verisk works with fire protection, scientific, and insurance community to provide technology to manage and mitigate wildfire risk.

7/26/2022 - 2 min read

Proposed PFAS legislation has some public utilities concerned

As concerns around PFAS chemicals grow, the EPA is poised to take stronger action, raising liability fears from water utilities.

7/15/2022 - 2 min read

Taking a data-driven view of evolving Florida roof risk

Florida’s statutory environment surrounding coverage for roofs may demand more robust data to clarify risk amid increasing complexity.

7/13/2022 - 2 min read

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