Wildfire Risk Mapping for the Insurance Industry Susanne Haas, University of Cologne

1. Wildfire Risk Mapping for the Insurance Industry Susanne Haas, University of Cologne Ulrich Ebel, Swiss Re ( Reuters/ Mike Stone)

2. Content Content Image: www.guardian.co.uk ( Reuters/ Mike Stone) I Monetary losses caused by wildfires II Measuring the susceptibility towards particularly large wildfires ∙ the Fire Radiative Power as an indicator ∙ Comparison of FRP measurements amongst regions III Comparison of the different fire hazard maps IV PROs & CONs V Cat net: the number of wildfires above 600MW

3. Monetary losses caused by wildfires Source: Insurance Services Office Source: Insurance Matters 1

4. The Fire Radiative Power as an indicator for particularly large wildfires Fireline Intensity (kW/m) Fire Radiative Power (MW/pixel) MODIS Active Fire Data (MCD14ML) 2

5. Comparisonof FRP measurementsamongstregions Source: Wikipedia Source: Holmes et. al 2007 3

6. Comparisonof FRP measurementsamongstregions 4

7. Comparisonof FRP measurementsamongstregions 5

8. Comparisonof FRP measurementsamongstregions 6

9. Validation & Comparisonoftheresults 7

10. PROs & CONs 8

11. Cat Net: the number of wildfires with a FRP above 600 MW 9

12. any questions? Susanne_Haas@gmx.de ( Reuters/ Mike Stone)