Around the world, insured damages inflicted by natural catastrophes are climbing fast and set to double i...
From Idalia to Otis: The Hurricanes That Shaped 2023 and What's Next
We recently brought together thought leaders from across Moody’s to talk with the media at our 2023 Hurricane Season Recap and 2024 Outlook briefing...
We recently brought together thought leaders from across Moody’s to talk with the media at our 2023 Hurricane Season Recap and 2024 Outlook briefing...
Article / 24 days ago
Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence: Reflections One Year On
Before last year, when envisioning a potential earthquake in Turkey, many would automatically think of something similar to the 1999 İzmit earthquake, an event on the...
Before last year, when envisioning a potential earthquake in Turkey, many would automatically think of something similar to the 1999 İzmit earthquake, an event on the...
Article / 1 month ago
Moody’s RMS Estimates Total Insured Losses from Noto Peninsula, Japan Earthquake Will Likely Range Between JPY ¥ 435 Billion to ¥ 870 Billion (US$3 Billion to US$6 Billion)
The industry loss estimate is based on an analysis of the earthquake using Moody’s RMS Japan Earthquake and Tsunami high-definition...
The industry loss estimate is based on an analysis of the earthquake using Moody’s RMS Japan Earthquake and Tsunami high-definition...
Article / 3 months ago
Windstorm Ciarán: New Enhanced Event Response Benefiting from High-Definition Models
Between November 1-2, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure, named Storm Ciarán by the U.K....
Between November 1-2, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure, named Storm Ciarán by the U.K....
Article / 4 months ago
Moody's RMS New Zealand Earthquake HD Model Version 3: The Most Up-to-Date View of New Zealand Risk in the Market Today
Situated at the meeting point of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, New Zealand is...
Situated at the meeting point of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, New Zealand is...
Article / 6 months ago
Counterfactual Perspective on the Derna Flood Disaster
A downward counterfactual is a thought about the past where things turned for the worse. Most thoughts about the past are upward, how things might have been better – but cat modelers need to...
A downward counterfactual is a thought about the past where things turned for the worse. Most thoughts about the past are upward, how things might have been better – but cat modelers need to...
Article / 6 months ago
2023 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: El Niño Versus SSTs Tug of War Continues
Following a quiet start to the season that saw four named storms up to mid-August – or five if the unnamed January subtropical storm retrospectively...
Following a quiet start to the season that saw four named storms up to mid-August – or five if the unnamed January subtropical storm retrospectively...
Article / 6 months ago
Test Your Risk Blind Spots with Seven ‘Less Familiar' Potential Cat Events
A ‘recency' bias focused on actual events over the past ten or twenty years, their locations, impacts, and consequences, is a predisposition that can apply to many...
A ‘recency' bias focused on actual events over the past ten or twenty years, their locations, impacts, and consequences, is a predisposition that can apply to many...
Article / 7 months ago
The Great Kanto Earthquake: 100-Year Retrospective
At 11:58 JST on Saturday, September 1, 1923, an Mw7.9 earthquake struck the Tokyo, Japan region....
At 11:58 JST on Saturday, September 1, 1923, an Mw7.9 earthquake struck the Tokyo, Japan region....
Article / 7 months ago
The Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence: Moody’s RMS Commitment to Accurate and Reliable Information
On Monday, February 6, a magnitude Mw7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey, an earthquake that then caused many aftershocks, including three with a magnitude greater than Mw6...
On Monday, February 6, a magnitude Mw7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey, an earthquake that then caused many aftershocks, including three with a magnitude greater than Mw6...
Article / 9 months ago