"Sealing the Envelope - Catastrophe modeling companies now hire armies of actuaries, statisticans and software engineers to help clients predict the scale of potential losses."
Risk & Insurance®
May 2009
Richard Clinton, president of EQECAT, discusses the evolution of catastrophe modeling.

EQECAT Selected as Calculation Agent for CME Exchange Traded Hurricane Futures
April 2009
EQECAT has been selected as the calculation agent for the CME Hurricane Index (CHI) hurricanes futures and options. The CHI futures and options allow hurricane risk to be actively traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Exchange traded options and futures represent a further expansion of the alternatives available for insurers and corporations as they seek sources of contingent risk capital.

ABS Consulting Releases Chase Tower Section of Hurricane Ike Study
January 2009
ABS Consulting recently released the Wind Effects of Hurricane Ike on Chase Tower in Downtown Houston (PDF) portion of its Hurricane Ike study. A full report is scheduled to be released the first quarter of 2009.