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Climate change is often blamed for catastrophes and many extreme weather events are seen as “black swans.”

Images of blazing multi-million-dollar mansions dominated the media after a wildfire in California.

Measuring Housing Finance Industry Climate Change Risk

The impact of earthquakes is relatively local, but the tsunamis they can generate may cause devastation far away.

The ability to store, manage, and analyze big data is crucial to the insurance and reinsurance industry.

Hailstorms can cause several billion U.S. dollars in property damage each year.

As climate change continues, a growing concern is the increasing frequency and intensity of flooding.

The U.S. experiences more than 1,200 tornadoes each year—a greater number than any other country.

To address significant risks, you need to prepare proactively before they impact.

Parts of eastern Australia have been experiencing a succession of storms lately producing serious flooding.

Recently several studies have focused on the record-breaking levels of heat within oceans.

As coastal development continues, organizations need robust tools to help them manage tropical cyclone risk.

In the second week of February 2021 Texas experienced a prolonged period of temperatures below freezing.

Severe thunderstorms can cause loss of life, property damage, and large insured losses.

The central and eastern U.S. have fewer earthquakes than the West but have areas with high risk.

Construction of a major flood barrier on the UK's southwest coast in Somerset was approved on January 20, 2022.

Chile occupies 6,435 km of coastline on the west coast of South America along the Circum-Pacific Belt.

When faced with growing risk in flood-prone locations there are three options—defend, adapt, or relocate.

What if you wake up one morning, and your company is unable to conduct business as usual?

About 3,800 towns and cities in the U.S. are on floodplains and many areas off them are still at risk.

COP26—the 26th annual Conference of the Parties—is the 2021 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Verisk provides multiple resources to help you better understand your extreme event risk in real time.

We continue to make significant investments in our modeling capabilities and our technology infrastructure.

How well global organizations manage the climate crisis is a critical factor in their long-term resilience.

There is justified concern about effects of climate changes on agriculture in the U.S. and across the globe.

A warming planet could introduce natural catastrophe risks, but don’t overlook the health impacts.

Verisk’s Life and Health team developed simulations projecting feasible outcomes of vaccine implementation.

The insurance market’s appetite for quantifying climate change risk is evolving alongside regulatory change.

Will an emerging risk become an emerged risk? The answer isn’t always simple.

In 2019 alone, cybercrimes reportedly hammered businesses to the tune of roughly USD 2 trillion.