Welcome to CatIQ

Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) delivers detailed analytical and meteorological information on Canadian natural and man-made catastrophes. Through its online subscription-based application, CatIQ combines comprehensive insured loss indices and other related information to better serve the needs of the insurance / reinsurance industries, public sector and other stakeholders.

2018/2019 Advisory Committee Members

Joel Baker President & CEO, MSA Research Inc. and CatIQ Inc.	Kim Court Director, Catastrophe Exposure Analysis, Northbridge Financial Corporation	Paul Cutbush SVP, Catastrophe Management, Aon Benfield Analytics	Balz Grollimund Head Treaty Underwriting Swiss Reinsurance Company Canada
Steve Johnston Director, Reinsurance, Co-operators Group	Mazdak Moini Vice President, Commercial Lines and Reinsurance, Aviva Canada	Glenn McGillivray Managing Director, ICLR	Harry Moss Data Modeling Analyst, CatIQ Inc.
Alison Porter SVP, Head of Treaty, SCOR Canada Reinsurance.	Chris Rol Senior Policy Advisor, IBC	Sean Russell Managing Director, Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd.	Becky Sheffman Analyst, CatIQ Inc.
Eric Steen EVP, Reinsurance, JLT Re	Alex J. Todd Property and Special Risks Executive Canada, AIG Canada	Laura Twidle Director of Catastrophic Loss Analysis, CatIQ Inc.	Rebecca Wagner Associate Director, Prediction Services Operations - Central Region, MSC, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Latest News & Press Releases

Thursday, August 23, 2018 - FSA-Level Industry Loss Estimates Released for Fort McMurray Wildfire and May 2018 Southern Ontario

Toronto (August 23, 2018) – Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) today released its first insurance industry loss estimates at the level of Canada Post Forward Sortation Areas (FSAs), for the Fort McMurray Wildfire and the May 2018 Southern Ontario and Quebec Windstorm. Primary insurers participating with CatIQ’s Industry Exposure Database (IED) were surveyed to produce these estimates, 2 years after the wildfire and 90 days after the windstorm. Subscribers to CatIQ’s IED can now compare estimates of the insurance industry’s property exposure and loss by FSA for these events. read more ...

Monday, July 23, 2018 - Registration for the Fourth Annual Canadian Catastrophe (CAT) Conference Opens Today

CatIQ is pleased to announce that registration for its fourth annual Canadian catastrophe conference, CatIQ Connect, is now open. CatIQ Connect 2019 is being held February 4-6, 2019 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. CatIQ Connect will kick off with a review of the events from 2018, which is sure to be interesting, given the weather activity in 2018 thus far. CatIQ Connect, formerly C4, is a content-driven conference designed to foster collaboration read more ...

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - CatIQ Launches Insurance Industry Exposure Database for Canada, Developed in Partnership with PERILS

Toronto (June 27, 2018) – Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) marks a milestone today by launching Canada’s first ever insurance Industry Exposure Database (IED), developed with the support of the Canadian P&C industry and in partnership with Zurich-based PERILS AG. The IED contains 2016 and 2017 year-end estimates of Canadian industry property sums... read more ...

Friday, April 20, 2018 - -

Toronto (April 20, 2018) – April marked the month that Canada exceeded 100 catastrophes over the span of a decade. The top four costliest events occurred in the latter half of the decade, all of which had eye-opening impacts on the Canadian insurance industry. Click below to read more about the top 5 costliest Canadian catastrophes since 2008.

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Monday, January 8, 2018 - Countdown to the 2018 Canadian Catastrophe Conference Jan 31-Feb 2, 2018 in Gatineau-Ottawa

Toronto (January 8, 2018)– There is no question that the frequency and severity of catastrophic events in Canada are on the rise. It is now increasingly common for Canadian annual insured losses from catastrophes to exceed CAN $1 billion.