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BH FastCAT Parametric Insurance

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Parametric Insurance for Fast Recovery
BH FastCAT is a hybrid parametric risk product featuring a parametric trigger paired with a minimum ground up loss threshold of 20% of the applicable structure payout.
single-peril

Individual Peril Basis
Global coverage for Earthquake and Named Windstorm perils.

policy-term

Up to 3 Year Policy
Long term policy with fixed annual pricing.

trigger

Parametric Trigger
NHC reporting on central pressure or windspeed,
and USGS reporting on magnitude or local intensity.

Payment

Speed and Predictability of Payment
Payment within 30 days of triggers being met.

coverage
Non-traditional and Flexible Coverage
Can complement traditional programs where the market excludes certain types of coverages, enforces large deductibles, or can not provide enough capacity.
coverage
Customized Structuring and Integration
Our catastrophe evaluation team is directly
available to answer questions about
structuring and any other analytical aspects
of BH FastCAT.
coverage

Contact Us to receive example materials and to start a discussion on how BH FastCAT can work for your organization.

Akshay Gupta

Akshay Gupta

Senior Vice President
Head of Catastrophe and Analytics

Office: 415.659.5549

Mobile: 650.823.3043

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Akshay Gupta is Senior Vice President, Head of Catastrophe Analytics & Engineering at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Akshay has more than 20 years of experience in catastrophe risk analysis, engineering, mitigation, and modeling. Prior to joining BHSI, he was Senior Vice President at AIR Worldwide where he built and led a practice providing engineering-based, site-specific risk modeling and evaluation for complex industrial and commercial facilities and operations. His background also includes catastrophe model research and development, supply chain risk modeling, and disaster risk financing and mitigation projects for corporations and sovereign states. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi and earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in earthquake engineering from Stanford University.

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Akshay Gupta

Senior Vice President
Catastrophe and Analytics

Akshay Gupta

Akshay Gupta

Senior Vice President
Head of Catastrophe and Analytics

Office: 415.659.5549

Mobile: 650.823.3043

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Akshay Gupta is Senior Vice President, Head of Catastrophe Analytics & Engineering at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Akshay has more than 20 years of experience in catastrophe risk analysis, engineering, mitigation, and modeling. Prior to joining BHSI, he was Senior Vice President at AIR Worldwide where he built and led a practice providing engineering-based, site-specific risk modeling and evaluation for complex industrial and commercial facilities and operations. His background also includes catastrophe model research and development, supply chain risk modeling, and disaster risk financing and mitigation projects for corporations and sovereign states. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi and earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in earthquake engineering from Stanford University.

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Akshay Gupta

Senior Vice President
Catastrophe and Analytics

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