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CoreLogic & Academic Institutions: The Future of Catastrophe Risk

Oct 18 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Ten years ago, CoreLogic® (at the time, EQECAT) introduced the use of global Atmosphere-Ocean-General-Circulation Models (AOGCM) for insurance-oriented assessments of...

CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Michael Losses Could Top $4.5B; Top 10 Insurers Affected

Oct 11 2018 // Hurricane Michael’s torrential rain, storm surge, and hurricane-force maximum sustained winds that reached 140 miles per hour Wednesday could result in a historically devastating event for the northeastern Gulf...

CoreLogic: 57K Homes in Florida Totaling $13.B RCV At Risk from Hurricane Michael

Oct 9 2018 // At least 57,000 homes along Florida’s Gulf Coast with a reconstruction cost value (RCV) of about $13.4 billion are a potential risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Michael, according to a data analysis released...

Florence Impact on Insurers Tempered by Mostly Uninsured Flood Losses

Oct 1 2018 // Insurance industry losses from Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas mid-September as a Category 1 storm, will be manageable and not have a severe impact on insurers, according to experts.As the storm turned out to...

Florence Impact on Insurers Tempered by Mostly Uninsured Flood Losses

Sep 25 2018 // Insurance industry losses from Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas mid-September as a Category 1 storm, will be manageable and not have a severe impact on insurers, according to experts.As the storm turned out to...

Wind, Storm Surge Losses from Florence Could Reach $5B; Top 10 Insurers Affected in Carolinas

Sep 14 2018 // Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a Category 1 storm Thursday night, but it is still a major storm that will have a significant impact on North and South Carolina and cause considerable damage to the region.According to...

CoreLogic: 759K Homes, $170B in Reconstruction Value at Risk from Florence Storm Surge

Sep 11 2018 // Nearly 759,000 homes with a reconstruction cost value (RCV) of approximately $170.2 billion are at potential risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Florence based on its Category 4 status, CoreLogic said in an analysis...

Guy Carpenter Licenses the CoreLogic U.S. Inland Flood Model

Aug 20 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.2017 was a game-changing year for the insurance industry. Between the catastrophic deluge of water dumped in Texas from Hurricane Harvey and the unprecedented...

CoreLogic: Texas, Louisiana Highly Vulnerable to Hurricane Storm Surge Losses

May 31 2018 // Texas and Louisiana are among the top three states for potential storm surge losses at the start of the 2018 hurricane season, which begins on June 1.That’s according to Irvine, California-based CoreLogic, a provider...

CoreLogic® Offers Unique Perspective to HayWired Earthquake Scenario in Conjunction with the United States Geological Survey (USGS)

May 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Situated along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” California is in the middle of earthquake country, and planning for the next one...

CoreLogic Identifies Flood and Wildfire as the Two Most Destructive Natural Hazards in 2017

Feb 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.CoreLogic® analyzes and evaluates the number and severity of natural hazard events that occur across the U.S. in its Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis in order...

CoreLogic: Harvey an Exception to a Relatively ‘Normal’ Hazard Activity Year

Feb 5 2018 // While natural weather hazard activity could be largely categorized as “normal” last year, regional exceptions occurred, notably: wildfires in California and hurricane activity in Texas and the...

2017’s Natural Hazards and the Destruction They Brought: CoreLogic

Jan 25 2018 // CoreLogic’s annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis shows that 2017 was a year of relatively average activity for most U.S. natural hazards with the exception of wildfires in California and flooding from...

29 Million Flood Risk Properties Lie Outside Official Flood Zones: CoreLogic

Dec 6 2017 // An estimated 23 percent of residential and commercial properties in the U.S. are at high or moderate risk of flooding but are outside of designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) as identified by the Federal Emergency...

Insured Losses from Hurricane Nate Could Top $1B

Nov 6 2017 // Catastrophe modeling companies have estimated insured losses from Hurricane Nate will reach $500 million and could even top $1 billion.Hurricane Nate formed as a tropical depression on Oct. 4, 2017, and was upgraded to a...

CoreLogic: Hurricane Nate Property Damage Could Top $1B

Oct 23 2017 // Hurricane Nate preliminary loss estimates are estimated to be between $650 million and $1.35 billion, according to CoreLogic. The loss estimates were calculated based on data analysis, total insured and uninsured loss for...

CoreLogic: 52% of Houston Moderate, High Risk Properties Not in Flood Zone

Aug 28 2017 // Properties within SFHA zones, categorized as Extreme or Very High Risk, require flood insurance if the property has a federally insured mortgage. Properties outside SFHA zones are not required to carry flood...

Making the Adjustment

Aug 16 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Deploying adjusters to the field is a large overhead cost for insurance companies. Incoming claims vary in terms of size and severity, and with that, not every claim...

CoreLogic Acquires Myriad Development in Texas

Aug 9 2017 // CoreLogic has acquired Austin, Texas-based Myriad Development.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combined assets of Myriad’s automated underwriting platform with property data from CoreLogic will create a...

Report: The Southeast’s Storm Surge Risk and Florida’s Hurricane Wake-Up Call

Jul 24 2017 // The Southeast has seen its fair share of natural disasters and flooding in the last several years, including two hurricanes in Florida last year – the first hurricanes to hit the state in more than a decade. But none...