catastrophe risk management Archives

AIR Worldwide Appoints Bill Churney Chief Operating Officer

July 23, 2013 Guest Author

BOSTON, July 23, 2013 ─ Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has appointed Bill Churney to the position of chief operating officer. Churney will have immediate responsibility for all product management, software product development, global business development, marketing, consulting, and client service activities. “We’re extremely pleased to welcome Bill Churney to the newly created position of COO to help lead AIR as we continue to experience rapid growth in the global market for catastrophe modeling and related risk management services,” said Ming Lee, CEO of AIR Worldwide. “Bill has been…

Insurance Industry Rapidly Adopts Touchstone, AIR’s Next-Generation Platform

July 18, 2013 Guest Author

Insurance industry standards and technology

BOSTON, July 18, 2013 — The insurance industry is rapidly adopting TouchstoneTM, AIR Worldwide’s next-generation catastrophe modeling platform. Since the new software’s release in January 2013, Touchstone has gained wide acceptance across the marketplace by some of the largest insurers, reinsurers, and intermediaries. “With the release of Touchstone, AIR is offering a robust and reliable platform that we can easily integrate into our proprietary catastrophe management system, APEX,” said Alan Calder, group head of catastrophe risk at Aspen. “Part of our risk management strategy is to evaluate and understand multiple…

AIR Worldwide Launches Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Model for China

October 30, 2011 Guest Author

Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) released the industry’s first Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Model for China. The new model provides a fully probabilistic approach for determining the likelihood of losses to the country’s major crops: corn, cotton, rapeseed, rice, soybeans, and wheat. The model captures the significant effects that weather-related perils have on each crop during the growth stage. This detailed information will help companies better prepare for and understand the exposure they carry based on China’s specific insurance programs, which tend to vary by province. “China…