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Maximum Information has announced the launch of PsiClone, a new live event monitoring platform that aims to help insurers, reinsurers, and underwriting teams monitor portfolio exposure and respond earlier during active tropical cyclone events. Founded in 2020, Maximum Information is committed to increasing societal resilience to disasters through evolving risk modelling of natural hazards. PsiClone is designed for use before and during live catastrophe events, continuously analysing evolving storm forecasts against insurance portfolios in real time. It enables firms to identify exposure hotspots, prioritise high-risk accounts, and mobilise underwriting, claims, and response operations more quickly. The platform will initially launch as a minimum viable product (MVP) ahead of the 2026 North Atlantic hurricane season, with additional capabilities already in development. The release comes as re/insurers prepare for the season, with underwriting, claims, and portfolio management teams under growing pressure to monitor exposure dynamically as storms evolve. While many operational workflows rely on short-range forecasts of less than a week, PsiClone extends monitoring visibility to up to 15 days ahead using continuous ensemble forecast analytics. Despite advances in catastrophe management, many live event decisions still rely on fragmented workflows, deterministic storm tracks, and delayed exposure analysis. PsiClone aims to address this by combining live forecast intelligence, portfolio analytics, and ensemble uncertainty modelling within a single operational environment. Developed in collaboration with partners across the re/insurance market, PsiClone applies catastrophe modelling philosophy without requiring full deterministic CAT model execution workflows. The platform continuously ingests live ECMWF ensemble forecasts, helping firms assess uncertainty beyond a single storm track or short-range outlook window. Planned enhancements to PsiClone include expanded uncertainty modelling, enhanced loss distributions and anticipatory parametric pricing analytics. Humanitarian pilots are also underway to support disaster risk management and anticipatory financing applications ahead of the upcoming Southern Hemisphere cyclone season in November. Tom Philp, CEO and Founder of Maximum Information, said, “PsiClone was inspired in part by what I saw during Hurricane Maria. The storm was forecast days in advance, yet funding and operational response still moved too slowly once impacts began to materialise. “At the time, I was working at a capacity provider and saw firsthand how difficult it was for organisations to act early during extreme events, even when the losses were visible. “PsiClone is designed to help close that gap by connecting live forecast data directly to exposure monitoring and operational decision-making. The goal is to help insurers and stakeholders respond earlier and reduce the time to payout when it matters most.”
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