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LONDON – June 29, 2023 – K2 Insurance Services LLC (“K2”), a leading independent specialty insurance program manager, has signed a new multi-year deal with Moody’s RMS, the global catastrophe risk modeling and solutions company.

The new deal, which covers three of K2’s MGAs – K2 CAT, K2 Property D&F, and Vikco Insurance Services LLC – includes the adoption of various Moody’s RMS risk models covering perils such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, severe convective storms, and windstorms, across the globe. It will enable K2 to continue to confidently underwrite natural catastrophe risks as well as allow for further growth within their classes of business.

David Carson, Head Underwriter, K2 CAT, said: “It has been a successful few years for K2 Insurance Services, most recently with significant investment from Warburg Pincus to support K2’s continued growth strategy and our commitment to offering best-in-class services to our clients. Moody’s RMS has played an important role in our success story, providing a key tool in our rating methodology, ensuring we price and manage our exposures as accurately and efficiently as possible. We are excited to continue working closely with their reliable and capable team as we extend our long-term partnership even further.”

Jason Futers, Managing Director, Moody’s RMS said: “We are thrilled to continue working with K2 Insurance Services and their underwriters as they strive to provide thorough coverage for natural catastrophe perils across the world. We are also very proud to play a role in supporting the business’ continued expansion.” 

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About K2 Insurance Services LLC

K2 Insurance Services LLC is an insurance services holding company, which owns and controls a diverse set of specialty program administrators. Through its MGAs, K2 markets, underwrites, and services c. $1.5bn of premium in niche commercial and personal insurance and reinsurance lines. From workers’ compensation for high-hazard exposures such as commercial transportation to personal lines coverage for manufactured homes, K2 helps insure clients across a diverse array of risks and industries. K2 is headquartered in San Diego, California, and is a privately held company.

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About Moody's RMS

Moody’s RMS shapes the world’s view of risk for insurers, reinsurers, financial services organizations, and the public sector, with Moody’s RMS models underlying the nearly $2 trillion USD Property & Casualty industry. Moody’s RMS empowers organizations to evaluate and manage global risk from natural and man-made catastrophes, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, climate change, cyber, and pandemics.

Moody’s RMS helped pioneer the catastrophe risk industry, and continues to lead in innovation, unmatched science, technology, and 300+ catastrophe risk models. Organizations can address the risks of tomorrow with the Intelligent Risk Platform™, the only open cloud with collaborative applications and unified analytics that can power risk management excellence.

Further supporting the industry’s transition to modern risk management, in 2020, Moody’s RMS spearheaded the Risk Data Open Standard (RDOS), a modern, open-standard data schema designed to be an extensible and flexible asset within modeling/analysis systems.

In 2021, Moody’s Corporation acquired Risk Management Solutions, Inc. and as part of Moody’s Analytics, Moody’s RMS serves the P&C insurance industry as the leading provider of expertise, science, and technology in integrated risk. A trusted solutions partner, Moody’s RMS enables effective risk management for better business decision-making across risk identification and selection, mitigation, underwriting, and portfolio management.

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+44 20 7444 7706 prteam@rms.com

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