Documentation

AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for Central America Key Advantages

Brochures | pdf - 1673 Kb
April 12, 2013

This document describes the key advantages of the AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for Central America, which is designed to meet the unique risk management needs of companies exposed to wind and precipitation-induced flood resulting from Central America tropical cyclones.

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AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for Hawaii

Brochures | Model | pdf - 1794 Kb
June 21, 2013

This brochure provides an overview of the AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for Hawaii, which captures the risk from tropical cyclone winds and implements a novel method for modeling simulated storm tracks. In addition, AIR engineers have developed wind damage functions for 71 different construction classes—including residential structures unique to Hawaii—that reflect regional construction practices, evolution of building codes, and historical tropical cyclone experience. The model also includes four Extreme Disaster Scenarios (EDS) to help companies prepare for large loss potential.

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AIR Typhoon Model for Japan Key Advantages

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May 11, 2015

This document describes the key advantages of the AIR Typhoon Model for Japan, which is designed to meet the unique risk management needs of companies exposed to wind, precipitation-induced flood, and storm surge resulting from Japan typhoons.

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AIR U.S. Hurricane Model for Offshore Assets

Brochures | Model | pdf - 2523 Kb
May 01, 2015

This brochure provides an overview of the AIR U.S. Hurricane Model for Offshore Assets. The model combines AIR’s extensive hurricane modeling experience with an advanced understanding of offshore platform vulnerability, and includes a unique wave height module that accounts for both the magnitude and spatial distribution of waves. One of the unique features of the model’s implementation in Touchstone® is the availability of AIR’s comprehensive exposure database for exposure data validation and enhancement.

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2017 Hurricane Season Demand Surge Insights

White Papers | pdf - 606 Kb
October 14, 2020

We examine the economic demand surge following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to see how they affected construction costs and market equilibrium.

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After Phailin: Understanding Tropical Cyclone Risk in India

White Papers | pdf - 657 Kb
October 11, 2014

In October 2013, Cyclone Phailin struck near Golpapur on India’s east coast. While it was the strongest landfall in India in 14 years, insured losses were low because the storm affected a relatively sparsely populated region. This paper examines potential losses given alternate landfall scenarios, as well as the possible impact of storms stronger than Phailin.

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AIR 2018 Kerala Flood Damage Survey Whitepaper

White Papers | pdf - 682 Kb
July 28, 2020

Findings from AIR's Kerala floods damage survey underscored how the AIR probabilistic India flood hazard maps can help insurers prepare for this risk.

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AIR's Updated View of Earthquake Risk in Chile

White Papers | pdf - 626 Kb
May 25, 2016

This issue brief discusses the impact of the Maule earthquake on earthquake risk in Chile in the context of AIR’s newly updated earthquake risk models for South America.

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Challenges of Modeling Inland Flood in Real Time

White Papers | pdf - 227 Kb
April 25, 2017

Developing scenarios that accurately reflect real events is a complex and challenging undertaking. This issue brief addresses the principal challenges of modeling inland floods in real time.

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Climatological Influences on Hurricane Activity: The AIR Warm SST Conditioned Catalog

White Papers | pdf - 1410 Kb
September 04, 2008

At the midpoint of an already active 2008 hurricane season, AIR issued a white paper to provide an update on its original research on climatological influences on hurricane landfall risk. The white paper explains in detail AIR’s approach to creating a climate-conditioned view of U.S. hurricane risk and outlines a robust approach to catastrophe risk assessment using multiple views of the risk.

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