BirdsEyeView, the European Space Agency-backed insurtech specialising in natural catastrophe modelling and exposure management, has announced the launch of its enhanced Catastrophic Exposure and Risk Analytics platform, CERA.The multi-peril platform incorporates the latest street-level wildfire models for North America and Australia, alongside updates to primary and secondary peril models globally.BirdsEyeView noted that the launch of the new platform represents a next generation evolution of the firm’s Hazard Modelling platform.Moreover, CERA now integrates the company’s street-level resolution North America and Australia wildfire models, an updated machine learning tropical cyclone model, and an earthquake model, with a new hail model expected to be released by the end of Q1’26.

The company also added that significantly improves data quality and modeling accuracy on a large scale.“The CERA platform includes globally available primary and secondary peril catastrophe exposure and risk analytics, combining probabilistic hazard modelling with live exposure management and reporting, all accessible directly at an underwriter’s desk,” BirdsEyeView explained.It is important to highlight that the platform enhances BirdsEyeView’s modeling capabilities, extending further into perils that are currently a significant focus for insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers in the market as well.

The CERA platform is tailored for insurers, managing general agents (MGAs), and brokers on a global scale.The platform boasts extensive functionalities that allow users to instantly model schedules submitted by brokers for risks associated with flood, wildfire, severe convective storms, tropical cyclones, and earthquakes, in addition to monitoring real-time portfolio aggregates across binders and open market business.The company also confirmed that users will have the capability to receive automatic hazard alerts when forecasted events pose a threat to insured exposures.

Furthermore, CERA can also generate rapid forecast loss and exposure reports, clean and geolocate up to 10,000 locations simultaneously by using AI technology, and integrate seamlessly via API with internal pricing and exposure systems.James Rendell, CEO and founder of BirdsEyeView, commented: “This launch marks a significant milestone for BirdsEyeView, already a major provider in the Lloyd’s market.CERA is stronger, broader, and more capable than anything else on the market.” He added: “By combining the sophistication of traditional catastrophe modelling platforms with the usability and speed of modern hazard tools, CERA delivers actionable risk intelligence at the point of underwriting decision, furthering our mission to become the go-to provider in the UK, Australian, Canadian, and US markets.” The launch of CERA supports BirdsEyeView’s broader growth strategy, with new perils and enhancements expected to be added quarterly.

The company also confirmed that in Q2’26, it will introduce CERA AI, a co-pilot functionality designed to further enhance underwriting decision-making..All of our Artemis Live insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds and reinsurance can be accessed online.Our can be subscribed to using the typical podcast services providers, including Apple, Google, Spotify and more.