How Catastrophe Models Work and Where They Fall Short With Anil Vasagiri

About this episode

Anil Vasagiri discusses the workings and limitations of catastrophe models in the context of climate risk.

This episode is part of a series of live conversations recorded at Climate Tech Connect 2026 in Washington, D.C. Anil Vasagiri, Head of Risk Data Solutions at Swiss Re is a rare combination of technical depth and commercial perspective to catastrophe risk — he came up through Verisk, where he held senior roles in product management and data strategy, before joining Swiss Re in 2020. Since then, he's led the development of some of the industry's most sophisticated tools for understanding physical risk at the location level, including Swiss Re's acquisition of flood modeling firm Fathom. Subscribe to Risk Market News

People in this episode

Guest: Anil Vasagiri

Topics covered

• catastrophe models
• risk management
• climate technology
• flood modeling
• insurance industry

Keywords

• catastrophe risk
• risk data solutions
• physical risk
• modeling tools
• climate tech

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Swiss Re, Verisk, Fathom

Places: Washington, D.C.

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