As a member of the SAS Strategic Technology Partner Program, Swiss Re will combine its CatNet ® natural catastrophe risk intelligence with SAS ® Insurance Life Cycle Accelerator, enabling insurers to incorporate predictive hazard insights directly into underwriting, pricing and portfolio management workflows. “Insurers cannot rely solely on historical loss data to understand risk,” said Stu Bradley, Senior VP for Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions at SAS. Users can view high-resolution CatNet natural catastrophe data directly within existing SAS workflows via secure APIs and geocoding. Users can view high-resolution CatNet natural catastrophe data directly within existing SAS workflows via secure APIs and geocoding. “Secondary perils are not secondary in terms of their financial impact,” said Ali Shahkarami, Head Risk Data Solutions Insurance at Swiss Re.