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Case Study: Leveraging Data on Wind, Storm Surge and Electrical Blackout in the Superstorm Sandy Aftermath
June 19, 2013 - June 21, 2013
American Claims Event (ACE), Austin, Texas

In an effort to reduce loss ratios and realize operational efficiencies, carriers are beginning to integrate claims estimation tools, satellite image analysis, weather and climate data and emergency management inputs.  In this session, Hartford Steam Boiler and Atmospheric and Environmental Research examine the factors that impacted New York and New Jersey's critical infrastructure, including electrical substations, during Superstorm Sandy.

Long Duration Blackout Potential in the US
June 24, 2013
Verisk Insurance Solutions 2013 Risk Symposium, London, UK

Finding the Opportunity in Emerging Risks
June 24, 2013
Verisk Insurance Solutions 2013 Risk Symposium, London, UK

From nanotechnology and cyber security to climate change and regulatory updates, emerging risks present opportunities for the insurance industry to offer new products that were not possible a decade or more ago.

Recent Presentations, Posters and Publications

Innovations in Catastrophe Claims Analytics: Combining Weather Analytics with Claims Data
May 20, 2013
Webinar

Brenda Kelly, AER's Vice President of Products and Marketing, and Jason Taylor, Xactware's Assistant Vice President of Business Developmen, are speaking on Innovations in Catastrophe Claims Analytics: Combining Weather Analytics with Claims Data as a Verisk Insurance Solutions Monday Webinar Seminar series.

Electric Infrastructure Security for Energy and Insurance
May 20, 2013 - May 21, 2013
The US Capitol Building, US Congress, Washington D.C.

AER will speak at the Electric Infrastructure Security Summit (EISS) at the US Capitol.

At the request of Lloyds of London, Kyle Beatty is a delegate speaking on AER’s leading work on the risk of space weather to electric power infrastructure and the need for a more comprehensive assessment of service interruption risks to infrastructure.

Electrical Grid Vulnerabilities due to Space Weather
May 1, 2013 - May 3, 2013
2013 AIR Client Conference - Atlanta, GA
 
Electrical grid blackouts are not only an inconvenience, they are a material source of risk for commercial insurers. Blackouts result in covered losses to business interruption and other time element exposures, result in damage to contents when voltage spikes occur and can result in insulated fire losses when unattended systems come back on line. The discussion continues with the effects of geomagnetic disturbances on the North American electrical grid.
Preparing for The Upcoming Hurricane Season: Optimizing Decision Tools for Claims Response
April 22, 2013
Webinar

AER's William Ramstrom, Scientist and Manager for the AER Benchmark and AER Respond solutions, will discuss the approaches for decision-making used by industry leaders in Preparing for The Upcoming Hurricane Season: Optimizing Decision Tools for Claims Response, as part of Verisk Insurance Solutions Monday Webinar Seminar Series.

Quantifying the Electric Grid Risk from Geomagnetic Storms: AER at Space Weather Workshop
April 16, 2013 - April 19, 2013
Space Weather Workshop; Boulder, CO

Atmospheric and Environmental Research's (AER) Space Weather research scientists are showcasing their research on geomagnetic disturbances and solar energetic proton flux levels, at this year's Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, hosted by NOAA, NASA and UCAR. 

Identify Preexisting Hail Damage before Underwriting the Policy
April 15, 2013
Webinar

AER technical experts, William Ramstrom, Scientist and Manager for the AER Benchmark and AER Respond solutions and Arindam Samanta, PhD, Scientist and AER Manager for the location Hail Damage Score and Fireline solutions, will be speaking on Identify Preexisting Hail Damage before Underwriting the Policy as part of the Verisk Insurance Solutions Monday Webinar series.

AER leading 4 topics at Verisk Customer Conference 2013
April 7, 2013 - April 9, 2013
Verisk Customer Conference, Champions Gate, Florida

 

Clients are teaming with AER experts to discuss four topics during the Verisk Customer Conference including CAT claims analytics, trends in wind and hail losses, reducing claims expense through high-res weather maps, and the risk of power outage from space weather.

Sessions:

AER at CANE 2013 speaking on Emerging Risk Perspectives Related to Wind and Hail
April 4, 2013
CANE 2013, Sturbridge, MA

Kyle Beatty, Senior Vice President of AER, will be speaking at the Casualty Actuaries of New England (CANE) Spring 2013 Meeting on the Emerging Risk Perspectives Related to Wind/Hail.

Validating Weather-Related Claims with AER Benchmark for XactAnalysis
March 20, 2013
Xactware Webcast (18 minutes)

AER and Xactware recently announced AER BenchmarkTM for XactAnalysisR (read the Press Release). This 18-minute Webcast explains how insurance professionals can use this new collaboration to save time and improve customer service in handling weather-related claims.

AER a Panelist at the Workshop on Severe convection and climate
March 14, 2013 - March 15, 2013
Columbia University, New York City

Kyle Beatty, Senior Vice President of AER, is a panelist at the Workshop on "Severe convection and climate" to discuss how AER leverages weather data when it comes to business needs.

The Panel is at 4:10pm on Thursday March 14th, 2013, in Lamont Hall, Columbia University.

For information on how AER works with the insurance industry, click here.

Reducing Claims Cycle Time for Hail, Tornado, and Wildfire Using AER Respond™
February 28, 2013
Web Seminar

AER's Brenda Kelly, VP of Products and Marketing, will be speaking on Reducing Claims Cycle Time for Hail, Tornado, and Wildfire Using AER Respond™, as part of the Verisk Insurance Solutions Monday Web Seminar Series.

Managing Hail and Lightning Claims Using AER Benchmark Data in XactAnalysis
February 12, 2013 - February 13, 2013
Xactware User Conference 2013, Salt Lake City

Learn how claims managers and adjusters save time using hail history or lightning strike reports from the AER Benchmark database directly within XactAnalysis.

Dr. Judah Cohen AER invited to speak on the Climate Affects to Waterfowl
January 27, 2013 - January 31, 2013
Memphis, TN

Dr. Judah Cohen was invited to speak at the North American Duck Symposium and Workshop to present how his Seasonal Forecasting research applies to waterfowl.

Kyle Beatty reviews Storm Sandy at Extreme Weather Insurance Risk Management Congress
January 23, 2013 - January 24, 2013
EWRM, New York, NY

Atmospheric and Environmental Research's (AER) Vice President of Business Solutions and CCM, Kyle Beatty, is a speaker on the Hurricane Sandy panel on Jan 23 at the Extreme Weather Insurance Risk Management Congress in New York City.

AER most prominent at AMS Energy Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
January 7, 2013 - January 9, 2013
AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas

Fourteen topics by AER scientists at AMS annual meeting 2013
January 7, 2013 - January 11, 2013
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting 2013, Austin TX

AER is proud that our scientists are presenting 14 topics in oral sessions and 11 in poster sessions at the 2013 annual AMS meeting. In all 31 AER authors contributed to 25 presentations.

Among these AER is the most prominent presence among private firms (non-government, non-university) at the Fourth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy at the AMS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. 

If you’re planning to go, don’t miss these sessions! View session abstracts.

AER is attending American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2012
December 3, 2012 - December 7, 2012
San Francisco, CA

AER has 35 abstracts that have been accepted and will be presented at the 2012 AGU conference. We want to meet with you while you’re at AGU; please contact us.

Topics at AGU include:

War on Hail: Technology and Tools
November 27, 2012
Irving Convention Center, Irving, Texas

War on Hail: Technology and Tools for underwriters, adjusters and contractors

Joy Rohde, Director of Market Strategy, will be a panelist at the War on Hail Symposium at 3:15PM discussing future web-based application of weather related tools.

Click here to view AER RespondTM Hail Analysis Services and Case Study.

AER Seminar with MIT Climate Scientist Susan Solomon
November 15, 2012
AER Headquarters, Lexington, MA
Significant human and computer resources are directed at climate modeling – but just how useful are climate model projections?

AER will host a noontime seminar by MIT Professor Susan Solomon on "Emerging Signals of Climate Changes: Where in the World will Climate Change First?".

Bryan Woods of AER presents at Offshore WINDPOWER 2012
October 9, 2012 - October 11, 2012
Virginia Beach, VA

AER's Bryan Woods will be presenting a poster of research on A 30-Year Wind Climatology off the Coast of Delaware From High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction, at AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference 2012.

The poster on A 30-Year Wind Climatology off the Coast of Delaware From High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction
 will  be presented on Wednesday October 10th between 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM.