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KCC Director of Model Development Dr. Daniel Ward and Senior Director Michael Tine will be presenting the topic “Catastrophe Modeling and Climate Change - Past, Present, and Future” as part of the NAMIC Underwriting Webinar Series.
Learn MoreKCC hosted the July 2022 CATLAB® Workshop sessions at the KCC headquarters in Boston. KCC scientists, model developers, software engineers, and industry experts discussed newly released KCC models, impacts of climate change, recent major events, and updates to the RiskInsight® software and KCC Industry Exposure Database (KPD).
KCC Principal Engineer Dr. Arjun Jayaprakash will be participating in the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering from June 27 to July 1. Every four years, the NCEE is hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) in conjunction with federal and local partners every four years, bringing together professionals from a broad range of disciplines: architecture, civil and structural engineering, seismology, geology, geophysics, geotechnical engineering, business, public policy, the social sciences, regional planning, emergency response, and regulation.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in the panel “Observations from the Cutting Edge of Climate Developments” at the 2022 Bermuda Climate Summit. The panel of globally recognized experts discussed promising innovations in the assessment, management, and mitigation of climate risk.
Learn MoreKCC presented at the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) Cat Risk Management 2022. Senior Vice President Glen Daraskevich and Director of Model Development Dr. Daniel Ward presented the session "Severe Convective Storms, Winter Storms, Wildfires: Frequency is the New Normal." Dr. Ward and Senior Manager of Client Services Marshall Pagano presented the session "Applications of AI and Machine Learning in Catastrophe Modeling." Mr. Daraskevich participated in the panel "Wildfire Probabilistic Modeling for Underwriting & Portfolio Management."
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in the panel discussion ‘Can Cat Models Catch Up with Climate Change and Inflation?’ about how insurers and cat modelers are evolving to meet today's greatest risk challenges.
Learn MoreKaren Clark presented the session ‘Perspectives on Modeling’ at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCI) Executive Roundtable Conference on March 1 in Naples, Florida.
Learn MoreKaren Clark will be the keynote speaker for this December’s CatIQ Connect webinar, presenting “Climate and Risk Modeling: Looking Forward.” Other panel topics include the latest climate report and secondary peril problems and solutions.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in the panel “ESG Considerations for the Property Market,” which discussed the increasing importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) compliance and reporting for insurers and the impacts of a greater focus on ESG for property insurance.
Learn MoreKaren Clark presented the keynote address “Peeling Back the Onion on Scientific Models” and participated in the panel discussion “How Can We Tell Whether a Model Can Be Trusted” at URS Global Insurance Summit on November 9. The theme for this year’s virtual conference was “Navigating Uncertainty: Heuristics or Finding True North?”
Learn MoreDr. Daniel Ward, KCC Senior Atmospheric Scientist, participated in the panel discussion, “Hurricane season 2021: time to brace for the unexpected?" Panelists discussed predictions for the severity of this storm season, recent developments and enhancements to catastrophe wind models, and how some risk-transfer structures used to manage wind risk have changed in recent years based on this knowledge.
Learn MoreThe July 2021 CATLAB® Workshop sessions were led by KCC scientists and other modeling experts. Each model update session explained in detail refinements in the underlying science and engineering assumptions and the impacts on loss estimates. How climate change and other environmental factors are accounted for in each KCC model were also discussed.
Dr. Sara Sienkiewicz presented "US Winter Storm: The Forgotten Peril?" in which she reviewed the recent February Arctic Air Outbreak, the likelihood of a similar event occurring in the future, the impact of climate change on winter storms, as well as how the KCC US Winter Storm Reference Model works. In her talk "Modeling and Managing Large loss 'Non-tail' Events: A Call to Action," Karen Clark described why the Severe Convective Storm (SCS) and winter storm losses have increasing importance for (re)insurers, how the KCC models better account for this loss potential, and how they can benefit (re)insurers.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated on the panel, "The Florida Insurance Market Crisis," as part of Intelligent Insurer’s Re/Insurance Lounge. Karen and fellow industry experts discussed the costly hurricane seasons that have impacted Florida, carriers being forced to increase rates to remain operational, and what the situation in Florida means for the industry going forward.
Learn MoreDr. Daniel Ward, KCC Senior Meteorologist, participated as a panel member in the Town Hall Meeting “How Weather, Water and Climate Remote Sensing Observations and Products are Supporting, Impacting, and Helping to Redefine the Insurance and Reinsurance Enterprises.” This discussion addressed how these data sources are affecting (re)insurance risk management.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in the risk panel at the Future of Insurance USA conference on November 16. The virtual event explored the major trends and issues impacting insurance carriers across the US, including regulation, industry performance, emerging risks (climate, cyber), leadership, culture, and tech disruption.
Learn MoreKaren Clark spoke at the inaugural New Paradigm Conference in Miami. The conference focused on parametric insurance and how technologies are closing the global protection gap. The event also provided an opportunity for industry participants to share ideas and network. KCC was proud to serve as a gold sponsor of the event.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in a live webinar as part of Reactions North America Re/Insurance Week. The session, “Insuring Coastal Property in 2020: Rising to the Challenge,” focused on mitigating climate risks for personal and commercial lines clients. Topics included climate change concerns, regulatory challenges, and storm/hurricane modeling.
Learn MoreDr. Daniel Ward, Senior Atmospheric Scientist, presented a summary of KCC’s scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change on natural hazards and incorporation of these impacts into catastrophe models as part of a panel discussion on this topic.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in a live fireside chat as part of Intelligent Insurer’s Re/Insurance Lounge. In the one-on-one interview, Karen discussed her remarkable career, the evolution of catastrophe risk models and latest developments at Karen Clark & Company.
Learn MoreGlen Daraskevich, Senior Vice President, and Joanne Yammine, Director of Actuarial Services, presented an overview of the KCC US Hurricane, US Earthquake, US Severe Convective Storm, and US Flood Reference Models to the Catastrophe Risk Subgroup and illustrated how the KCC models are used by insurers and regulators.
Learn MoreGlen Daraskevich, Senior Vice President, provided an overview of the scientific advances underlying the KCC weather models and illustrated several insurer and reinsurer applications for the Severe Convective Storm peril.
Dr. Daniel Ward, Senior Atmospheric Scientist, and Dr. Marc Simon, Senior Research Scientist, provided an in-depth look at new KCC catastrophe models in two presentations. “Modeling and Managing Wildfire Risk” addressed the specific reasons for increasing wildfire losses and how to manage the changing risk with the new KCC US Wildfire Reference Model. In “Modeling Inland Flooding,” Dr. Ward gave a critical look at the different methodologies used to traditionally model inland flooding and which methods are implemented in the new KCC US Inland Flood Reference Model.
Learn MoreKaren Clark, President and CEO of KCC, presented “Innovations and Emerging Trends in Catastrophe Modeling” at the Willis Re 2020 Florida Insurance Summit. The presentation discussed advancements in catastrophe modeling, including the Characteristic Event (CE) methodology and the value of open models, that improve catastrophe risk management strategies.
Learn MoreDr. Sara Sienkiewicz, Senior Meteorologist at KCC and member of the AMS, participated in the 2020 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. The AMS Annual Meeting is the largest national gathering of meteorological academics and professionals that provides an opportunity to exchange ideas with atmospheric scientists at the top of their field.
Learn MoreMr. Glen Daraskevich presented “Climate Change and Implications for Catastrophe Risk Management,” which provided an overview of recent climate research and how catastrophe models can help quantify the impacts of climate change on property risks, at the Fall 2019 SRMC Conference in Boston, MA.
Learn MoreMr. Glen Daraskevich presented “High Waters: Modeling Flood Exposures,” which discussed the shortcomings of traditional flood catastrophe models and how advanced catastrophe modeling technology provides more accuracy to coastal and inland flood models.
Learn MoreMr. Glen Daraskevich presented the paper published in the Journal of Insurance Regulation, “The Florida Insurance Market: An Analysis of Vulnerabilities to Future Hurricane Losses,” with co-author Dr. Jack Nicholson.
Learn MoreDr. Sara Dougherty participated in the 2019 SSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. The conference provided an opportunity to exchange ideas with top academic researchers and industry scientists on the topic of seismology and included specialized workshops, technical sessions, and field trips.
Learn MoreMr. Glen Daraskevich presented "Tropical Cyclones, Intense Precipitation, and Inland Flooding Impacts" at the IRUA Annual Conference in Fort Worth, FL. In his presentation, Mr. Daraskevich discussed current research in tropical cyclone precipitation and the implications for catastrophe risk modeling.
Learn MoreDr. Kioumars Afshari participated in the EERI Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. At the conference, Dr. Afshari received the 2017 Outstanding Paper Award for "Non-Ergodic Site Response in Seismic Hazard Analysis," published in Earthquake Spectra, November, 2017.
Learn MoreDr. Marc Simon participated in the 29th Conference on Severe Local Storms in Stowe, VT. The conference, organized by the American Meteorological Society, allows industry and academic specialists in the field of meteorology and atmospheric science to exchange ideas about severe storms.
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The Katie School of Risk Management and Insurance honored Karen Clark at their annual Hall of Fame Dinner on October 18, 2018 at the Chicago Four Seasons Hotel. The Katie School supports Illinois State University’s undergraduate insurance and risk management program and actuarial science program. The vision for the Leadership Awards is to inspire the creation and perpetuation of the next generation of insurance leadership.
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Drs. Simon and Ward participated in the 7th European Windstorm Workshop held on October 10th-12th at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany. The workshop provided an opportunity to exchange ideas with top academic researchers and industry scientists on the topic of extratropical cyclones and their impacts on property in Europe.
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On September 9-12, Dr. Afshari participated in the 2018 annual meeting of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) held in Palm Springs, California. The SCEC annual meetings provided an opportunity to exchange ideas with top professionals in industry and academia in the field of seismology and earthquake engineering. SCEC participants studied earthquakes and their effects in California and beyond.
Dr. Habte participated in the 5th American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop (5AAWE) held in Miami, FL on August 12-14. Topics included aerodynamics of buildings, wind codes and standards, windborne debris and vulnerability of structures under wind loads.
Dr. Kioumars Afshari participated in the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Los Angeles, CA. Hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), the conference allows academic and industry experts in seismology and earthquake engineering to exchange ideas on technical topics and subjects including seismic hazard, risk, and policy.
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Glen Daraskevich participated in a panel discussion on "Harnessing new technologies: growth opportunities and operational efficiencies across the value chain," at The Insurance Insider's InsiderTech New York conference.
Glen Daraskevich delivered the morning keynote address "2017 Hurricane Season: Review and Analysis".
Karen Clark presented "Big Data Analytics: Mining Your Catastrophe Claims Data for Competitive Advantage".
Glen Daraskevich participated on a panel discussing "Identifying areas for improvements in catastrophe and risk modelling: What have been the key learns from 2017 for modelling experts?"
Dr. Filmon Habte participated in the 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones held in Ponte Vedra, FL. The conference, organized by the American Meteorological Society, allows specialists in the fields of meteorology and atmospheric science to exchange current ideas and research on hurricanes and other tropical weather systems.
Learn MoreKaren Clark participated in a Roundtable Discussion on Catastrophe Management.
Karen Clark discussed Innovations and Trends in Catastrophe Modeling and the 2017 Hurricane Season.
Karen Clark participated on a panel discussing "Lessons of the 2017 Hurricane Season".
Executives and model developers from Karen Clark & Company participated in a number of sessions at the annual RAA Cat Risk Management conference.
Glen Daraskevich participated on a panel discussing the 2017 Hurricane Season.
Karen Clark participated on a panel discussing how Hurricane Irma could have been worse and the implications for the Florida property insurance market.
Karen Clark presented Innovations in Risk Modeling: Gaining Deeper Insights into Catastrophe Losses Before, During, and After.
Dr. Nozar Kishi presented "Development of CE-based Earthquake and Typhoon Loss Models for Japan" at the 19th International Conference on Risk Assessment and Management. The presentation highlighted how this advanced methodology for modeling catastrophes provides important new information for risk management decision makers.
Dr. Babak Kamrani presented "The CE Method for Development of a Stochastic Earthquake Catalogue for Japan" at the 19th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology. This methodology underlined the hazard component of the new KCC Japan earthquake model.
Dr. Nozar Kishi participated in the Catastrophe Insurance & Risk Management Summit 2017. The summit, which focused around case studies and lessons learned, served as a platform to bring Asian insurers and reinsurers to discuss data quality, compare and evaluate the use of catastrophe models, and understand the model results' impact on risk management. An important objective was to find ways to increase the insurance penetration and close the catastrophe protection gap in Asia.
Dr. Filmon Habte presented "An Event-based Typhoon Model for Japan" and "Hurricane Matthew Multi-hazard Damage Survey" at the 13th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering.
Executives and model developers from Karen Clark & Company participated in a number of sessions at the annual RAA Cat Risk Management conference.
When a hurricane is approaching the US coastline insurers must start preparing for the storm. While there is always uncertainty with respect to landfall location, intensity at landfall, and overland track direction, RiskInsight™ enables you to use the most up-to-date meteorological information for planning purposes days before landfall. In this CATLAB workshop, participants learned how to leverage the advanced features of WindfieldBuilder™ to obtain the most credible information on a hurricane's likely wind footprint over land along with reliable estimates of claims, ground up, and gross losses.
Dr. Nozar Kishi presented his paper, Japan Building Vulnerability Characteristics. The presentation addressed the unique characteristics of Japan building vulnerability from both earthquake and typhoon perspectives. It highlighted issues, such as the negative vulnerability correlation between regions prepared for typhoon versus earthquake, construction concentration and co-location of building inventory, and the resonance of 10 and 20 story building response with respect to soft soils in valleys and at 1-sec multiples of the ground motion.
Karen Clark presented, "Building bespoke catastrophe models on the new open loss modeling platforms," on March 4. During the session, Ms. Clark addressed how insurers are customizing their catastrophe models on open loss modeling platforms and the additional risk metrics for managing exposure concentrations available on these platforms, as well as the pros and cons of running multiple models versus one open model.
Executives from Karen Clark & Company participated in a number of sessions at the annual RAA Cat Risk Management conference.
Karen Clark presented "The Rebirth of Catastrophe Models" at the 2015 Property Insurance Report National Conference. The session explained the concept of bespoke catastrophe modeling and equiped insurers with the information needed to take more direct control of their risk.
Karen Clark presented "Managing the Increasing Risk of Natural Disaster" at an insurance regulators symposium sponsored by Locke Lord, the Insurance Regulator Education Foundation and Illinois State University's Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services.
Karen Clark discussed Characteristic Events (CE) and how the insurance industry can leverage the CE methodology to monitor exposure concentrations.
Karen Clark joined Jean-Jacques Henchoz for a conversation on "Adaptation to Extreme Events" at Insurance Europe's International Conference.
Karen Clark spoke on the panel "The Evolution of Catastrophe Models and the Regulatory Implications of Their Use" on April 30. The session examined how models are currently being used in rate filings to model wind losses and other exposures, including flood. Panelists also discussed models in the context of bi-peril ratings and what aspects of the rate filing should be open to the public.
Karen Clark presented at the Property and Casualty Insurance Committee Catastrophe Insurance Working Group session of the NAIC 2015 Spring National Meeting. Ms. Clark discussed developments in open platform technology, including RiskInsight®’s new US storm surge capabilities.
Karen Clark served as the keynote speaker at SIFMA’s IRLS Conference, Looking Ahead: The Future of the ILS Market.
Karen Clark participated in the panel, “Shaping the New Future of Natural Catastrophe Models with Open Platforms,” which explored the developments in open platform technology and how to leverage the platforms to create custom models fitted to needs of your business.
Glen Daraskevich led two sessions, "Customizing and Building Your Own Tropical Cyclone Models with RiskInsight®," and "Earthquake Modeling with RiskInsight®."
Karen Clark presented the program "New Open Loss Modeling Platforms" as part of the Commission's Flood Standards Development Committee Meeting, which convened to discuss the Meteorological/Hydrological Flood Standards.
Karen Clark participated in the panel, "Natural Disasters, From Global to Local," which will explore the potential impact of climate change and natural catastrophes on actuarial practice.
Karen Clark moderated the panel "Using Open Source and Open Platforms to Build Your Company's Own View of Catastrophe Risk" at the centennial celebration and annual meeting of the CAS.
Karen Clark delivered the keynote address, "Catastrophe Modeling: How It's Evolved and Where It’s Going," at the Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon Actuarial Science Lecture hosted by Michigan State University's College of Natural Science.
Karen Clark spoke at a panel discussion on risk modeling at this annual conference sponsored by Illinois State University’s Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services.
Karen Clark presented "How Fully Transparent Models and Open Platforms Benefit Insurers, Regulators, and Consumers" at the annual Fall Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Glen Daraskevich participated in the panel session "Managing Catastrophe Risks in the Wild West" on Tuesday, September 23 at 1:30pm.
Karen Clark presented a session entitled "Revolution in CAT Risk Management—Open source, open platform, multi-model—What Do the New Tools Mean for Insurers, Reinsurers, and Residual Markets?" at the PIPSO Plan Managers Conference.
Karen Clark presented, at a session entitled "The Expanding Role of the Actuary in Catastrophe Loss Estimation and Management." Ms. Clark discussed the risk management tools available today and how actuaries can help their companies evaluate and decide which tools can be best integrated for enhanced pricing, underwriting, risk management, and portfolio optimization processes.
In conjunction with the 2014 RAA Catastrophe Modeling Conference, Karen Clark & Company hosted meetings in the Hospitality Suite at the Loew’s Portofino Bay Hotel.
Monty McAlpine spoke on the evolution of catastrophe modeling and catastrophe risk management and discussed new tools and approaches that offer a more advanced level of catastrophe risk understanding.
Karen Clark delivered the keynote address to the conference, remarking on public-private partnerships in catastrophe risk.
Karen Clark participated in a panel titled "Thinking Outside the Black Box." Panelists discussed the tension between the limitations of models and insurers' reliance on them. Ms. Clark offered insight on more transparent and flexible alternative tools for risk managers, brokers and insurance companies.
Karen Clark spoke on a panel titled, "Big Weather: Have We Entered a New Era of Extreme Events?" Panelists discussed possible causes and the insurance industry's response to apparent changes in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
Karen Clark took part in a discussion titled, "Stepping Out of the Model: Estimating Tail Risk via Reverse Stress Testing, Characteristic Events, and Realistic Disaster Scenarios." She spoke to a group of reinsurance actuaries about her work on Characteristic Events, including the methodology, the application, and the benefits of this unique approach.
Karen Clark participated in a panel discussing, "Recollections of Hurricane Andrew – 20 Years Later." Ms. Clark developed the first catastrophe model, which gained widespread use after more accurately predicting insured losses following Hurricane Andrew.
Karen Clark took part in the panel session, "Think Outside the Black Box of Cat Modeling," and discussed the tension between the limitations of models and insurers' reliance on them, along with alternative tools for risk managers, brokers, and insurance companies that present more transparent and flexible analysis.
Glen Daraskevich discussed catastrophe risk management issues and innovative approaches for quantifying and managing risk as part of the regional Buckeye Actuarial Continuing Education meeting of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Karen Clark participated in the Catastrophe Insurance Working Group meeting in which the draft National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) handbook for regulators and current catastrophe legislation and lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy were presented and discussed. She presented approaches for estimating catastrophe losses and the impacts of climate change.
Karen Clark took part in a discussion hosted by Swiss Re as part of the US Public Policy Dialogue series on the intersection of government, natural catastrophic events and climate change. The event explored how the private market could help the US government manage its exposure to natural catastrophe risks, especially those exacerbated by climate change, and included academics, technical experts and NGO representatives.
Karen Clark participated in a panel session titled "Before the Storm," which examined insurance issues related to homeowners insurance and hail damage, with emphasis on risk identification, coverages and rating, spread of risk, and encouragement of mitigation.
Karen Clark participated in a panel titled "The Expanding Role of the Actuary in Catastrophe Loss Estimation and Management," which examined actuaries’ use of catastrophe model loss estimates, alternative approaches for approximating losses, and how the role of the actuary in this field is likely to evolve in the future.
Glen Daraskevich participated in a panel session "Sensitivity Exercise: What if Scenarios," discussing drivers of volatility in catastrophe model results as well as new tools and approaches for managing catastrophe risk.
As part of the panel session "Winds of Change," Glen Daraskevich discussed the evolving role of models in catastrophe risk management including their development, predicting estimated losses and current challenges in the space.
Karen Clark delivered a presentation on effective catastrophe risk management at a three-day conference hosted by the Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.
Karen Clark took part in the panel session, "Catastrophe Management," and discussed new approaches and tools for catastrophe risk management in the United States and Canada.
Glen Daraskevich participated in a panel discussion on the appropriate role of catastrophe models in the underwriting and pricing process, and offered insights into the history, current use, and future trends in modeling.
Karen Clark participated in the panel session, "2011 Catastrophe Losses—Impact on Modeling and the Market," and discussed pricing, risk financing and the impact of model changes on the market.
Glen Daraskevitch participated on a panel titled, "The Uses and Misuses of Catastrophe Models," and discussed the function of models, how they have changed underwriting and pricing, and how risk managers may utilize their data.
Karen Clark discussed methods for "Building a Robust Framework for Managing Catastrophe Risk," including new approaches and tools to catastrophe risk management informed by, but not fully based on, traditional models.
Karen Clark delivered the keynote address regarding the use of catastrophe models and insurance preparedness in the State of Florida.
Karen Clark, the APIW 2001 Insurance Woman of the Year award recipient, delivered an address titled, "Beyond Catastrophe Modeling: The New Generation of Catastrophe Risk Management," that discussed new approaches and tools to catastrophe risk management informed by, but not fully based on, traditional models.
Karen Clark participated in the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society’s Philadelphia symposium analyzing challenges and opportunities in the year ahead for the reinsurance industry.
Karen Clark participated with industry leaders on a panel sharing perspectives on risk management within the ratings process.
Karen Clark participated in the 2012 Executive Roundtable, hosted by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. Ms. Clark discussed catastrophe risk management in a panel titled, "The Convergence of Change—Is this the Tipping Point?"
Karen Clark spoke to the Club’s monthly meeting on RMS model updates and their effects on the insurance industry.
Karen Clark participated on a panel entitled, “From Catastrophes to Reinsurance” at the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance’s annual symposium, discussing the role of catastrophe models and its integration into state and federal emergency management.
Karen Clark spoke to the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society on the state of and future prospects for catastrophe modeling.
Karen Clark delivered a presentation to the III Communications Committee discussing the communication of strategic catastrophe risk.
Karen Clark participated in the Property and Casualty Insurance Committee’s Catastrophe Insurance Working Group.
Karen Clark delivered a presentation titled Catastrophe Risk Modeling and Management to the Boston meeting of the M200.
Karen Clark participated in the Catastrophe Risk Modeling Educational Session at the Annual Meeting of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.
Karen Clark delivered the opening address on the state of catastrophe modeling in a seminar hosted by the International Underwriting Association.
Karen Clark participated in the 2011 Catastrophe Models session, leading the discussion on how models have 'misjudged' actual hurricane loss and how companies may be misled by managing or attempting to optimize a portfolio, from a specific version of the cat models.
Karen Clark delivered a presentation titled, "Cat Management – An Alternative Proposal" to the Intermediaries and Reinsurance Underwriters Association.
Glen Daraskevich delivered a presentation titled, "Responding to Catastrophic Events - Challenges and Opportunities." The session addressed challenges in executing efficient and cost effective responses to natural catastrophes and adjusting claims from large and widespread events. It provided an overview of catastrophe models, their uses, and strengths and weaknesses as tools in managing claims response.
Glen Daraskevich delivered a presentation entitled, "New Executive Briefing on Hurricane Models." The session explored key challenges in managing cat risk and addressed common questions such as which models to use, how best to use them and how companies can incorporate other credible information into decision-making and business strategy.
Karen Clark delivered a presentation entitled "Understanding CAT Models" that discussed the effects of models on renewals, ratings and the cost of reinsurance.
Karen Clark delivered a presentation titled, "Catastrophe Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities." This session addressed key challenges in managing cat risk, including issues in measuring, modeling and monitoring. It answered questions such as which models to use, how best to use them and how actuaries can incorporate other credible information into decision-making and business strategy.
Karen Clark participated in the Working Group Public Hearing on Catastrophe Modeling and discussed types of models available and differences between short- and long-term horizons.
Karen Clark spoke on key challenges in managing cat risk, including measuring, modeling and monitoring the risk, at this annual event sponsored by National Underwriter.
Karen Clark participated on a panel entitled, "Storm Brewing in Hurricane Loss Estimation Models," that explored the limitations of catastrophe models as well as how best to use them given model uncertainty.
Karen Clark spoke on catastrophe modeling and climate change at this annual seminar sponsored by Euromoney.
Karen Clark discussed catastrophe risk management issues at this annual conference sponsored by Macquarie Capital Inc. May 27, 2010
Karen Clark spoke on managing catastrophe risk in Puerto Rico at this forum sponsored by the Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants.
John Tierney spoke at a session regarding property catastrophe risk management and its implications for enterprise risk management, at this eighth annual event exploring current ERM topics.
John Tierney provided a comprehensive overview of best practices in modeling, pricing and underwriting catastrophe exposure at this conference sponsored by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.
Karen Clark spoke on "Multiple Model Approaches – Strengths and Weaknesses," at this Reinsurance Association of America annual conference.
Glen Daraskevich spoke about establishing standards for information quality and transparency in catastrophe bond transactions at the 7th annual Insurance Linked Securities Summit.
Karen Clark participated in a panel discussion titled "Climate Change – An Emerging Issue for Insurance Companies", at this conference of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.
Glen Daraskevich presented on the topics of modeling and risk assessment at the Insurance Consumer Affairs Exchange (ICAE).
Glen Daraskevich discussed “Shifts in Earthquake Modeling” at this fifth annual conference sponsored by Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller.
Karen Clark discussed "The Art & Science of Cat Modeling" at the Intermediaries & Reinsurance Underwriters Association (IRU) Fall Conference.
Karen Clark & Company and the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico co-hosted a catastrophe risk management seminar to address hurricane and earthquake risk management issues confronting the Puerto Rico insurance market.
At the annual spring/summer meeting of the Southwest Actuarial Forum (SWAF), Glen Daraskevich offered insights into catastrophe risk management best practices.
Karen Clark gave Stanford University's 2009 Shah Family Distinguished Lecture, an annual address on catastrophe risk assessment and mitigation.
Glen Daraskevich gave insight into the catastrophe modeling process in his presentation “Thinking Outside the Black Box” at the Casualty Actuarial Society of New England (CANE).
As a panelist at A.M. Best’s Review & Preview Conference, Karen Clark took part in a discussion on the importance of data integrity in catastrophe model output, the performance of the models in recent natural catastrophes, and the need for analytical judgment in interpreting model results.
At The Reinsurance Association of America’s Cat Modeling 2009 Conference, Karen Clark participated in a panel debate titled "Should Models Be Subject to Regulatory Review?"
Short-term hurricane frequency modeling was considered at this meeting of the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology, where Glen Daraskevich presented on the results of Karen Clark & Company report, "Near Term Hurricane Models – How Have They Performed?"
Senior Vice President Glen Daraskevich led a presentation and Q&A discussion on "The Current State of Catastrophe Models" at this annual meeting of the Society of Insurance Financial Management (SIFM).
Karen Clark presented at Standard & Poor’s and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ third annual Bermuda Insurance Conference, where over 200 leaders in the re/insurance sector convened to discuss developments in the industry.
Karen Clark led an educational seminar on catastrophe modeling and underwriting.
At the Southeastern Regulators Association (SERA) Conference, a regional forum for regulators and industry personnel, Karen Clark gave a presentation on modeling and risk assessment in the context of national catastrophe issues.
As part of the AM Best E-Fusion Conference, Senior Vice President Glen Daraskevich led a webinar on "Technology-based Underwriting" in which he discussed how GPS, cat models, and other underwriting technologies are impacting the industry.
Karen Clark participated in a panel discussion on “Modeling Perspectives” at Out of the Storm: Confronting America’s Catastrophic Risk Crisis.
At the 2008 Fox-Pitt Kelton Bermuda in Boston Conference, Senior Vice President Glen Daraskevich offered insights into the current issues concerning catastrophe exposure data quality in his presentation, "Wild World of Hurricane Exposure Modeling."
Senior Vice President Glen Daraskevich gave insight into the catastrophe modeling process in his presentation, “Thinking Outside the Black Box.”
Karen Clark was a featured speaker at the Northeast Hurricane Risk Mitigation Forum, where she led the discussion, “Major Hurricane Strikes New England: How Large Will the Impact Be?”
Karen Clark spoke on hurricane risk in the Northeastern U.S. at the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) regional meeting.
Karen Clark was the luncheon speaker at the Law & Regulations Committee Meeting of the American Insurance Association (AIA), a leading property-casualty insurance trade organization.
At the annual European Insurance Forum in Dublin, Karen Clark discussed the impact of global warming on catastrophes and the ability of models to address the issue in a panel discussion titled “Global Warming-Mitigation or Devastation?” She was also a participant in an interactive discussion forum on “Future Shock.”
Karen Clark moderated a panel of internationally recognized experts on “Assessing the Magnitude of Natural Perils Catastrophes” at the World Insurance Forum.
In her presentation titled "Sorting through the Noise: Statistics of the Hurricane Hazard," Karen Clark discussed historical and current hurricane risk and the financial consequences of its prospective future.
Karen Clark took part in a panel discussion titled “Operational Challenges and Political Fallout” at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) Annual Meeting.
