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CatIQ enters into agreement with Impact Forecasting to use cat event flood response footprints for Canada
August 11, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorToronto-based Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby Impact Forecasting’s cat event response flood footprints for Canada will be made available as a layer on CatIQ’s CatHUB module. “Aon Impact Forecasting’s Canadian…
NOAA upwardly revises forecast for 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
August 10, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States is now forecasting 14-19 named storms, five to nine hurricanes and two to five major (Category 3+) hurricanes between June and November for the Atlantic Basin. The agency’s August…
May storms in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes caused hundreds of millions in damage and damaged more than 5,200 homes: Aon Benfield
June 8, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterSeveral low pressure systems that brought heavy rainfall to portions of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes last month caused “hundreds of millions” in U.S. dollars and damaged more than 5,200 homes, according to Impact Forecasting’s latest Global Catastrophe Recap for…
Aon Benfield’s Tropical Storm Risk, Colorado State University issue forecast for 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
April 11, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAon Benfield’s Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) and a research scientist at the Colorado State University (CSU) have both predicted 11 named storms, four hurricanes and two major (Category 3+) hurricanes between the months of June and November. TSR, part of…
ICLR to host June workshop on extreme atmospheric peril events
May 31, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be hosting a workshop on extreme atmospheric peril events on Friday, June 17 in Toronto. The ICLR said that its next Friday Forum, titled What Would Happen if Extreme Atmospheric Peril Events…