Brandon Katz

Executive Vice President, Strategy

KatRisk

Brandon specializes in engineering natural catastrophe risk models for a wide range of clients including those from the insurance/financial industries and government. He is currently involved in developing and deploying probabilistic natural hazard models and risk maps with a focus on flood, hail, and wildfire perils.

Before KatRisk, Brandon worked for the reinsurance brokerage arm of Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT Re) and at RMS where he contributed to research efforts in flood related projects. He joined KatRisk in 2016.

Brandon holds a B.S. and M.S. in Meteorology and Climate studies from the Pennsylvania State University.

SESSIONS

Day 1

1:20

Interactive Breakout Discussions

Delegates will participate in two sessions of their choosing. Each session runs for 30-minutes.

Breakout A: Paradigm Shift: Revolutionizing SCS Modeling

Brandon Katz, Executive Vice President, Strategy, KatRisk

Breakout B: Mapping Risk: Leveraging GfK Boundary Data and CRESTA Zones for Accurate Hazard Forecasting

Julia Kloé, Senior Sales Consultant Reinsurance, GfK

Stefan Wiesmeier, Product Manager Location Risk Intelligence Platform, Risk Management Partners, MunichRe

Thilo Horner, Product Manager, Risk Management Partners, MunichRe

Breakout C: Uncertainty and Global Sensitivity Analysis in flood Risk Modelling

Luke Farmer, Catastrophe Risk Analyst, JBA Risk Management

Georgios Sarailidis, KTP Associate, School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering, University of Bristol

Day 2

9:40

USCS: An Exclusive Deep Dive into Innovative New CAT Models

Spatial distribution by subperil – how is this evolving in a changing climate?
Vulnerability comparison by subperil – what data do we have to support this?
Calibration with historical losses – how do EP curves compare with recent events?

Moderator: Elizabeth Harris, Vice President of Modeling and Research, Ariel Re

Tal Paschal, Senior Product Manager, CoreLogic

Brandon Katz, Executive Vice President, Strategy, KatRisk

Michelle Cipullo, Associate Director, Aon Impact Forecasting