Verisk's AIR Worldwide Partners Capsicum Re for Cyber Models
Verisk Analytics, Inc. VRSK owned Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) yesterday announced a partnership with full-service global reinsurance broker Capsicum Re.
As part of this partnership, the duo engages in development of models that will enable assessment and quantification of silent cyber risks. The models are anticipated to be available with the upcoming ARC versions via Capsicum Re's broking service. Also, the reinsurance broker has adopted ARC, AIR's cyber risk modeling and analytics platform, which comprises a wide range of cyber scenarios and models, delivering sophisticated insights into its insurance portfolios.
Prashant Pai, vice president of cyber offerings at Verisk stated, "Silent cyber exposure could exist in some insurance policies when cyber-related risks are not specifically included or excluded in the policy wording." "As a result, it's possible the insurance industry could face higher-than-expected loss ratios when cyber incidents occur if certain cyber-related exposures are not necessarily accounted for during the underwriting process," he added
Shares of Verisk have rallied 25.5% year to date, outperforming the 18.4% increase of the industry it belongs to.
Partnership to Prop Up Verisk’s Insurance Segment
The collaboration is expected to boost Verisk’s insurance segment that provides analytics in the areas of fraud detection, catastrophe modeling, loss estimation and underwriting.
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In the second quarter of 2018, revenues from this segment were $429.4 million, up 12.3% year over year on a reported basis and 8.4% at organic constant currency basis. Within the segment, underwriting and rating revenues of $288.9 million rose 10.3% on a reported basis and 6.2% at organic constant currency basis, primarily driven by strength in the company’s catastrophe modeling services as well as underwriting solutions.
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