IRB(Re) report flags sharp rise in insured losses from windstorms since 2000s

• IRB Brasil Resseguros flagged a sharp rise in insured losses from windstorms since the 2000s, tightening focus on wind risk modeling.
• Its research unit built a national windstorm database combining INMET observations with ERA5 reanalysis to map peak gust intensity.
• Work targets underwriting and pricing decisions in insurance and reinsurance, with heightened exposure flagged for Brazil’s South and Southeast.
• Analysis points to potential pressure on loss ratios across rural, property, engineering, automotive lines, raising the bar for climate-risk management.
• Dataset is positioned to support catastrophe models, portfolio concentration controls, parametric insurance design, risk resilience planning.

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