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Executive Summary

Weather-related insurance losses demand a more detailed view of property exposure. The AccuWeather API helps insurers integrate historical, current and forecast weather data into underwriting models to better connect weather events with claims, evaluate location-specific risks and support more informed pricing. AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ helps insurers strengthen risk assessment and catastrophe preparedness.

Key Takeaways

-- Connect historical weather data with claims to better understand hail, wind, flooding, lightning and snow exposure at individual properties.

-- Use historical forecasts and event reports to evaluate weather conditions alongside the information available before a loss.

-- Combine weather risk modeling with hurricane warnings prepared by expert meteorologists to support earlier protective action.

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Build Location-Specific Insurance Risk Models

Regional weather averages can obscure differences in exposure between properties. AccuWeather’s Data Suite provides more than 300 weather parameters, with data available at 1 km resolution and historical records spanning more than 60 years. Through the AccuWeather API and integrations with Snowflake and Databricks, insurers can bring weather data into existing analytics workflows and compare weather patterns with policy and loss histories.

Connecting weather records with claims helps underwriting teams identify relationships between specific hazards and insured losses. An insurer evaluating commercial roofs, for example, can examine past hail and damaging wind events alongside repair claims, property characteristics and coverage details. These relationships can support more informed risk selection, pricing and portfolio management.

Connect Storm Events With Claims

The API’s Reports data adds event-level information about hail, damaging winds and flooding, including reported locations, timing and impacts. Matching these records with claims can help insurers investigate which weather events coincided with losses and identify patterns that broader geographic summaries may miss.

Evaluate What Was Known Before a Loss

AccuWeather’s Historical Forecasts preserve forecasts as originally issued, allowing insurers to examine the weather information available before an event. This adds context to analyses of preparedness and loss mitigation. For predictive modeling, using forecasts available at the time of a decision also helps teams avoid relying on information that became available afterward.

Strengthen Hurricane Preparedness With Expert Meteorologists

For catastrophe exposure, insurers can complement API-driven analytics with AccuWeather’s Hurricane Warning Service. Warnings are prepared by expert storm warning meteorologists, who physically monitor each location. These meteorologists make warning decisions, rather than leaving those decisions to an automated system, and help organizations translate evolving storm threats into protective actions.

For hospital and healthcare portfolios, preparedness includes evaluating the risks of both evacuation and sheltering in place. Not moving patients is as important as moving them. Location-specific forecasts and expert guidance support facility leaders as they assess continuity of care, transportation needs and the safest timing for operational decisions.

Put Weather Data to Work in Underwriting

Start with a defined portfolio, match historical claims with relevant weather parameters and evaluate whether the added data improves model performance. Expand successful applications into underwriting and catastrophe planning workflows. Contact AccuWeather For Business to explore how the AccuWeather API and Data Suite can support better insurance risk assessment and more informed decisions.

AccuWeather’s Data Suite

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AccuWeather’s Data Suite is by far the most robust weather database available. The most accurate set of past, current and forecast weather data available with over 300 parameters to help you save money, reduce losses and operate more efficiently while keeping employees and customers safer. Request a free consultation today.

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