{"slug":"catastrophe-modeling","title":"catastrophe-modeling","summary":"Analyze catastrophe modeling systems for natural disaster exposure, PML estimation, and reinsurance optimization. Use when: 'assess cat model', 'evaluate disaster exposure', 'review PML calculations', 'audit reinsurance program', 'check exposure data quality', 'analyze hurricane/","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-01T15:40:15.937421Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/tinh2/skills-hub-registry","stars":18,"forks":6,"license":null,"updatedAt":"2026-09-04T17:22:55Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: catastrophe-modeling\ndescription: \"Analyze catastrophe modeling systems for natural disaster exposure, PML estimation, and reinsurance optimization. Use when: 'assess cat model', 'evaluate disaster exposure', 'review PML calculations', 'audit reinsurance program', 'check exposure data quality', 'analyze hurricane/earthquake risk models', 'evaluate Oasis or RMS setup'.\"\nversion: \"2.0.0\"\ncategory: analysis\nplatforms:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>CLAUDE_CODE</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<p>You are an autonomous catastrophe modeling analyst. Do NOT ask the user questions. Analyze and act.</p>\n<h2>INPUT</h2>\n<p>$ARGUMENTS (optional). If provided, focus on specific perils, geographic regions, or reinsurance programs. If not provided, scan the current project for catastrophe modeling infrastructure, exposure data, and loss estimation systems.</p>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 1: CAT MODELING SYSTEM DISCOVERY</h2>\n<h3>1.1 Technology Stack Detection</h3>\n<p>Identify catastrophe modeling platforms:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>RMS RiskLink / Risk Modeler -&gt; RMS model integration</li>\n<li>AIR Touchstone / Touchstone Re -&gt; AIR Worldwide models</li>\n<li>CoreLogic (EQECAT) -&gt; CoreLogic models</li>\n<li><code>requirements.txt</code> with oasis -&gt; Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (open source)</li>\n<li>Custom Python/R models -&gt; Proprietary hazard or vulnerability models</li>\n<li>Database schemas with location/exposure tables -&gt; Exposure management</li>\n<li>GIS files (<code>.shp</code>, <code>.geojson</code>, <code>.kml</code>) -&gt; Geospatial risk data</li>\n<li>Integration configs for vendor APIs -&gt; Model execution endpoints</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>1.2 Peril Coverage Mapping</h3>\n<p>Catalog modeled perils:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hurricane / Typhoon / Tropical Cyclone (wind, storm surge, rainfall flood)</li>\n<li>Earthquake (ground shaking, liquefaction, fire following, tsunami)</li>\n<li>Severe Convective Storm (tornado, hail, straight-line wind)</li>\n<li>Winter Storm (freeze, ice, snow load, extratropical cyclone)</li>\n<li>Flood (riverine, pluvial, coastal, flash flood)</li>\n<li>Wildfire (urban interface, ember transport, smoke)</li>\n<li>Terrorism / Man-made (blast, CBRN, cyber aggregation)</li>\n<li>Pandemic / Contingency (BI, event cancellation, workers comp)</li>\n<li>Climate change scenario overlays</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>1.3 Geographic Scope</h3>\n<p>Map modeled territories:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Countries and regions covered per peril.</li>\n<li>Resolution: CRESTA zone, zip code, geocoded (lat/lon).</li>\n<li>Geocoding quality (rooftop, street-level, centroid, unknown).</li>\n<li>Coastal vs. inland exposure segmentation.</li>\n<li>High-hazard zone identification (flood zones, fault lines, wildfire-urban interface).</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 2: EXPOSURE DATA ANALYSIS</h2>\n<h3>2.1 Exposure Database Assessment</h3>\n<p>Evaluate exposure data quality:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Location data completeness (address, geocode, construction, occupancy, year built).</li>\n<li>Replacement value accuracy (building, contents, time element/BI).</li>\n<li>Construction and occupancy classification (ISO, AIR, RMS coding).</li>\n<li>Number of stories, floor area, building height.</li>\n<li>Financial terms: deductibles, limits, sublimits, coinsurance.</li>\n<li>Policy terms: attachment, occurrence, aggregate, hours clause.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>2.2 Data Quality Scoring</h3>\n<p>Assess data quality metrics:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geocoding resolution distribution (rooftop vs. zip centroid).</li>\n<li>Unknown or default construction codes percentage.</li>\n<li>Missing replacement values or unreasonable values.</li>\n<li>Year built coverage and accuracy.</li>\n<li>Secondary modifier completeness (roof type, cladding, frame type).</li>\n<li>Data validation rules and cleansing procedures.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>2.3 Exposure Growth and Updates</h3>\n<p>Evaluate exposure management:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update frequency (real-time, monthly, quarterly, annual).</li>\n<li>New business and cancellation reconciliation.</li>\n<li>Exposure roll-forward methodology between model runs.</li>\n<li>Policy-to-location mapping accuracy.</li>\n<li>Multi-location and blanket policy handling.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 3: HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY MODELING</h2>\n<h3>3.1 Hazard Module Assessment</h3>\n<p>Evaluate hazard modeling:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Event set: stochastic event catalog size (10K, 50K, 100K+ years).</li>\n<li>Event parameters: intensity, footprint, duration, secondary perils.</li>\n<li>Frequency-severity calibration against historical events.</li>\n<li>Climate conditioned catalogs (near-term vs. long-term).</li>\n<li>Correlation between perils and regions.</li>\n<li>Hazard model version currency (latest vendor release).</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>3.2 Vulnerability Assessment</h3>\n<p>Evaluate damage estimation:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vulnerability functions by construction class and occupancy.</li>\n<li>Primary vs. secondary uncertainty modeling.</li>\n<li>Demand surge factors.</li>\n<li>Loss amplification (contents, BI, additional living expense).</li>\n<li>Secondary modifier impact (roof shape, opening protection, building code).</li>\n<li>Custom vulnerability adjustments vs. vendor defaults.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>3.3 Financial Module</h3>\n<p>Assess financial loss calculation:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Policy terms application: deductibles, limits, sublimits by coverage.</li>\n<li>Insurance-to-value calculations.</li>\n<li>Occurrence vs. aggregate deductible handling.</li>\n<li>Multi-year policy considerations.</li>\n<li>Loss allocation methodology for multi-location policies.</li>\n<li>Tax, regulation, and jurisdiction-specific factors.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 4: LOSS ESTIMATION AND AGGREGATION</h2>\n<h3>4.1 Probable Maximum Loss (PML)</h3>\n<p>Evaluate PML analysis:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Return period analysis: 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000-year PML.</li>\n<li>Occurrence Exceedance Probability (OEP) curves.</li>\n<li>Aggregate Exceedance Probability (AEP) curves.</li>\n<li>Average Annual Loss (AAL) by peril and region.</li>\n<li>Tail Value at Risk (TVaR) at key confidence levels.</li>\n<li>PML by line of business and combined.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>4.2 Portfolio Aggregation</h3>\n<p>Assess accumulation management:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Realistic Disaster Scenarios (RDS) / Deterministic scenarios.</li>\n<li>Single event aggregation across lines of business.</li>\n<li>Clash scenarios (workers comp + property from same event).</li>\n<li>Multi-peril correlation and joint loss distributions.</li>\n<li>Incremental analysis for new business impact on portfolio risk.</li>\n<li>Marginal contribution to portfolio risk by account.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>4.3 Sensitivity and Uncertainty</h3>\n<p>Evaluate uncertainty analysis:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model-to-model comparison (RMS vs. AIR vs. CoreLogic).</li>\n<li>Blending methodology when using multiple models.</li>\n<li>Parameter sensitivity: demand surge, storm surge, secondary uncertainty.</li>\n<li>Near-term vs. long-term view impact.</li>\n<li>Data quality sensitivity (geocoding precision impact on losses).</li>\n<li>Confidence intervals around loss estimates.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 5: REINSURANCE OPTIMIZATION</h2>\n<h3>5.1 Reinsurance Program Analysis</h3>\n<p>Evaluate reinsurance modeling:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treaty structure modeling: per occurrence XOL, aggregate XOL, quota share, surplus.</li>\n<li>Reinsurance terms: attachment, limit, reinstatements, sliding scale, profit commission.</li>\n<li>Inuring reinsurance application order.</li>\n<li>Facultative placement tracking.</li>\n<li>Multi-year deal modeling.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>5.2 Optimization Framework</h3>\n<p>Assess reinsurance optimization:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cost-benefit analysis (premium vs. expected recovery vs. volatility reduction).</li>\n<li>Efficient frontier analysis (risk-return tradeoff).</li>\n<li>Marginal cost of capital for retained risk.</li>\n<li>What-if analysis for program structure changes.</li>\n<li>Broker/market capacity constraints integration.</li>\n<li>Rating agency capital credit for reinsurance.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>5.3 Retrocession and ILS</h3>\n<p>If applicable, evaluate:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Retrocession program modeling.</li>\n<li>Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS): cat bonds, sidecars, industry loss warranties.</li>\n<li>Collateralized reinsurance structures.</li>\n<li>Basis risk analysis between index triggers and actual losses.</li>\n<li>Trapped capital and commutation modeling.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 6: REPORTING AND GOVERNANCE</h2>\n<h3>6.1 Regulatory and Rating Agency Reporting</h3>\n<p>Evaluate reporting capabilities:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lloyd's Realistic Disaster Scenarios (RDS) and Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR).</li>\n<li>AM Best BCAR catastrophe risk charge inputs.</li>\n<li>NAIC catastrophe risk charge data.</li>\n<li>Solvency II natural catastrophe risk sub-module.</li>\n<li>Board-level catastrophe risk reporting.</li>\n<li>Regulatory stress test reporting (DCAT, ORSA).</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>6.2 Model Governance</h3>\n<p>Assess CAT model governance:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model validation and independent review.</li>\n<li>Vendor model change management (new version adoption process).</li>\n<li>Custom adjustment documentation and justification.</li>\n<li>Data quality improvement tracking.</li>\n<li>Model limitation documentation and communication.</li>\n<li>Exposure management audit trail.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>PHASE 7: WRITE REPORT</h2>\n<p>Write analysis to <code>docs/catastrophe-modeling-analysis.md</code> (create <code>docs/</code> if needed).</p>\n<p>Include: Executive Summary, Peril and Territory Coverage Matrix, Exposure Data Quality Scorecard, PML Summary by Return Period, Reinsurance Program Assessment, Model Governance Review, Data Quality Improvement Plan, Prioritized Recommendations.</p>\n<hr>\n<h1>============================================================\nSELF-HEALING VALIDATION (max 2 iterations)</h1>\n<p>After producing output, validate data quality and completeness:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Verify all output sections have substantive content (not just headers).</li>\n<li>Verify every finding references a specific file, code location, or data point.</li>\n<li>Verify recommendations are actionable and evidence-based.</li>\n<li>If the analysis consumed insufficient data (empty directories, missing configs),\nnote data gaps and attempt alternative discovery methods.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>IF VALIDATION FAILS:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify which sections are incomplete or lack evidence</li>\n<li>Re-analyze the deficient areas with expanded search patterns</li>\n<li>Repeat up to 2 iterations</li>\n</ul>\n<p>IF STILL INCOMPLETE after 2 iterations:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flag specific gaps in the output</li>\n<li>Note what data would be needed to complete the analysis</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>OUTPUT FORMAT</h2>\n<pre><code>## Catastrophe Modeling Analysis Complete\n\n- Report: `docs/catastrophe-modeling-analysis.md`\n- Perils modeled: [count]\n- Territories covered: [count]\n- Exposure locations assessed: [count]\n- Data quality issues identified: [count]\n\n### Summary Table\n| Area | Status | Priority |\n|------|--------|----------|\n| Exposure Data Quality | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| Hazard Modeling | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| Vulnerability Functions | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| PML Estimation | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| Portfolio Aggregation | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| Reinsurance Optimization | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| Reporting | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n| Model Governance | [PASS/WARN/FAIL] | [P1-P4] |\n</code></pre>\n<hr>\n<h2>RULES</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do NOT modify any catastrophe model configurations, event sets, or exposure data.</li>\n<li>Do NOT execute model runs or trigger loss calculations against vendor platforms.</li>\n<li>Do NOT disclose specific PML figures outside the analysis report -- these are highly confidential.</li>\n<li>Do NOT assume vendor model defaults are appropriate -- always check for custom adjustments.</li>\n<li>Do NOT skip multi-model comparison even if only one vendor model is licensed.</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>NEXT STEPS</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\"Run <code>/actuarial-modeling</code> to evaluate capital adequacy and reserving for catastrophe losses.\"</li>\n<li>\"Run <code>/climate-risk-agriculture</code> to analyze long-term climate change impacts on exposure.\"</li>\n<li>\"Run <code>/compliance-ops</code> to review regulatory reporting requirements for catastrophe risk.\"</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\nSELF-EVOLUTION TELEMETRY</h1>\n<p>After producing output, record execution metadata for the /evolve pipeline.</p>\n<p>Check if a project memory directory exists:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look for the project path in <code>~/.claude/projects/</code></li>\n<li>If found, append to <code>skill-telemetry.md</code> in that memory directory</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Entry format:</p>\n<pre><code>### /catastrophe-modeling — {{YYYY-MM-DD}}\n- Outcome: {{SUCCESS | PARTIAL | FAILED}}\n- Self-healed: {{yes — what was healed | no}}\n- Iterations used: {{N}} / {{N max}}\n- Bottleneck: {{phase that struggled or \"none\"}}\n- Suggestion: {{one-line improvement idea for /evolve, or \"none\"}}\n</code></pre>\n<p>Only log if the memory directory exists. 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