CatIQ

Name

CatIQ

Legal name

Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc.

Website

https://catiq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CatIQ is a Toronto-based B2B data provider delivering insured loss and exposure indices plus meteorological information on Canadian natural and man-made catastrophes to the insurance, reinsurance, and ILS industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catastrophe Insurance Analytics

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Catastrophe Risk Modeling & Analytics Services (FSAOACAL)

Keywords

• Catastrophe loss indices
• Insurance exposure data
• Reinsurance analytics
• Natural catastrophe data
• Industry loss estimates

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription-Based Data Services: Online subscription-based platform providing access to insured loss and exposure indices, meteorological data, and analytical reports for insurance and reinsurance industries. The majority of primary insurers in Canada participate with CatIQ.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CatIQ delivers an online subscription-based data platform that provides comprehensive insured loss and exposure indices along with detailed analytical and meteorological information on Canadian natural and human-made catastrophes. The offering includes an annual Industry Exposure Database, a historical catastrophe loss database covering 43 years of Canadian events, and event-specific industry loss estimates tailored for the insurance, reinsurance, and insurance-linked securities industries.

Product overview

CatIQ is a data and analytics company offering a suite of catastrophe risk information products and services for the Canadian insurance and reinsurance markets. The core product is the CatIQ Subscription Platform, an online application combining comprehensive insured loss and exposure indices with detailed meteorological information. Supporting modules include the Industry Exposure Database (IED), which provides annual industry property sums insured data by geographic zone, peril, and line of business, and the Canadian Catastrophe Loss Database, which contains granular loss information. Additional offerings include CatHUB for data access management for weather monitoring. CatIQ also hosts CatIQ Connect, Canada's Catastrophe Conference, held annually in Toronto in partnership with MSA Research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CatHUB: Trademarked brand name for CatIQ platform
• WxWATCH

Products and services

• CatIQ Subscription Platform Online subscription-based platform combining comprehensive insured loss and exposure indices, meteorological information, and analytical reports on Canadian natural and human-made catastrophes, serving insurance, reinsurance, and ILS industries, plus public sector stakeholders.
• Industry Exposure Database (IED) Annual database providing industry property sums insured, number of risks, and prevailing original insurance conditions by CRESTA zone, peril, line of business, and cover type, based on detailed exposure submissions from the majority of the Canadian insurance market.
• Canadian Catastrophe Loss Database Database containing event loss information and detailed analytical estimates of insured losses for Canadian catastrophe events, with 43 years of historical coverage used for benchmarking, research, and risk modelling.
• CatHUB

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides loss estimates for Canadian catastrophes including $2.4B insured loss total for 2025 and $466M for Ontario/Quebec ice storm

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MSA ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatIQ partners with MSA Research to host CatIQ Connect, Canada's Catastrophe Conference. MSA Research administers the conference in partnership with CatIQ, providing event management and coordination services.
• Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICLR serves as a key collaborator in CatIQ's mission to reduce loss of life and property from catastrophes. ICLR provides disaster resilience knowledge that complements CatIQ's loss data.
• AonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect 2026 conference. Aon's Impact Forecasting team participated in the 'Sharper Models for Sharper Risks' panel.
• Munich ReminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect. Munich Re representatives participate in conference sessions and steering committee.
• Swiss ReminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect conference.
• Guy CarpenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect conference.
• CRU GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect conference.
• AccentureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect.
• GEOsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Level Sponsor of CatIQ Connect.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Verisk (AIR Worldwide): Acquired AIR Worldwide to provide industry-standard catastrophe risk modeling and exposure data globally to insurers, reinsurers, and ILS markets. Comparable as a catastrophe data/modeling provider serving the same insurance value chain as CatIQ, but with broader peril and geographic coverage as part of a much larger data analytics platform.
• Aon (Impact Forecasting): Global insurance broker whose Impact Forecasting unit develops catastrophe risk models and publishes loss estimates for the industry — participating in panels at CatIQ Connect. Overlaps with CatIQ in producing catastrophe risk analytics for the same insurance/reinsurance customer base.
• Guy Carpenter: Global reinsurance intermediary with proprietary catastrophe modeling capabilities used in structuring reinsurance and ILS placements. A CatIQ Connect sponsor and customer counterpart — relies on industry-wide cat data similar to CatIQ's output to advise on capital deployment.
• Munich Re NatCatSERVICE: Global reinsurer that operates NatCatSERVICE, one of the world's most comprehensive natural catastrophe databases, and publishes annual loss reviews comparable to CatIQ's annual Canadian industry loss totals. Serves similar insurance/reinsurance decision-making workflows.
• RMS (Moody's): Provides catastrophe risk modeling solutions to insurers, reinsurers, and financial institutions globally. Solves the same underlying problem as CatIQ — quantifying catastrophe loss — at much larger scale and across multiple perils/regions, but from a software-modeling rather than post-event industry index angle.
• CoreLogic: Large property data and analytics vendor providing parcel-level property data, catastrophe risk scores, and loss analytics to insurers. Comparable to CatIQ as a property-focused catastrophe and exposure data provider serving P&C insurance underwriting.
• Swiss Re Institute: Global reinsurer producing sigma catastrophe loss reports and proprietary cat risk analytics used across the (re)insurance industry. Highly comparable data-product positioning to CatIQ but at a global rather than Canadian level.

Direct peers

• Karen Clark & Company: Independent catastrophe modeling firm providing real-time industry loss estimates, catastrophe risk analytics, and consulting to insurers and reinsurers. Highly comparable to CatIQ in producing authoritative catastrophe loss estimates used by industry capital providers.
• PERILS AG: CatIQ's Zurich-based parent company, which produces industry-wide catastrophe exposure and loss indices for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia using the same globally recognized methodology CatIQ uses in Canada. Effectively CatIQ's sister entity and the closest direct peer — same product, different geography.

Emerging players

• Climate X: Emerging climate risk analytics firm producing physical and transition climate risk scores for financial and corporate customers. More nascent than CatIQ and focused on forward-looking climate scenario analytics, but adjacent in delivering catastrophe/climate risk data to similar insurance/financial buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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