February 2019

The notion that 10% of high-rise structures in San Francisco could collapse during a major earthquake has unsurprisingly gotten a great deal of attention. Is it true?

In recent years the insurance market in China has grown rapidly, but several catastrophic typhoons have made landfall and caused major insured losses.

Each year, farmers face myriad potential perils to their crops: drought, waterlogging, frost, and hail to name a few.

Learn how catastrophe modeling can help estimate the economic impact of extreme events.

Late January storms dumped more than 1 meter of rain within 48 hours on parts of Queensland in northeastern Australia, and widespread flooding ensued.

As science and technology improve, we should expect life expectancy to logically follow suit—so why has life expectancy dropped in the U.S.?