EQE Consulting (Yanev Associates LLC)

What EQE Consulting (Yanev Associates LLC) does

EQE Risk LLC (operating as EQE Risk, legally Yanev Associates LLC) is a specialized natural-disaster risk management consulting firm that provides earthquake and seismic risk assessment services. The firm serves California homeowner associations, multifamily residential property owners, insurance brokers, insurers and reinsurers, energy and utility companies, infrastructure operators, manufacturing firms, financial institutions, and international development organizations. The firm combines four decades of empirical disaster-investigation experience—including firsthand study of more than 100 major earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods—with a proprietary risk-engineering methodology that produces building-level loss estimates, per-building deductible gap analysis, and scenario-based financial modeling tailored to probable moderate earthquakes rather than worst-case events.

The product suite centers on the EQE Rapid Risk online screening tool, which provides free or low-cost preliminary earthquake exposure estimates for residential properties, alongside a portfolio of professional services including comprehensive site-specific assessments, strategic risk-management consulting, portfolio risk benchmarking, and underwriting and insurance support. Its technology combines empirical post-disaster evidence with site-specific analysis of soil conditions, construction type, building age, and seismic hazard parameters, translating engineering findings into financial outputs that boards, brokers, and underwriters can act on.

The firm operates a hybrid go-to-market model that pairs self-serve product-led growth through Rapid Risk with enterprise field sales for consulting engagements and a dedicated broker partnership program. The company is headquartered in Lewes, Delaware, with operational focus on the California HOA and multifamily market and select international engagements involving entities such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. The firm is founder/family-controlled with three named partners—Peter Yanev (Chairman Emeritus, founder of predecessor EQE International), Alex Yanev, and Andrew Yanev—and operates without disclosed external investors or institutional capital.

Name

EQE Consulting (Yanev Associates LLC)

Legal name

EQE Risk LLC

Website

https://yanev.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EQE Risk provides earthquake and natural-disaster risk assessment consulting for California HOAs, multifamily owners, insurance brokers, insurers, and global corporations, combining four decades of empirical disaster investigation with building-level loss estimation and a freemium online screening tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Earthquake Risk Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities (5242)

SIC

Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411)

akta.pro primary industry

Catastrophe Risk Modeling & Analytics Services (FSAOACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Risk Modeling & Pricing Analytics (FSAOAIAA), Risk Scoring, Hazard & Geospatial Analytics (FSAOAIAE)

Keywords

• Earthquake risk consulting
• Natural hazard assessment
• Building loss estimation
• Seismic risk advisory
• Insurance risk analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Lewes

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rapid Risk Tool (Freemium/SaaS): Free initial screening tool for residential property earthquake risk assessment. Low-cost or free preliminary assessments drive awareness and lead generation for consulting engagements.
2. Site-Specific Consulting Assessments: Comprehensive, on-site evaluations of natural-hazard exposure for individual facilities. Includes on-site evaluation of conditions, vulnerabilities, and operations to produce precise risk and loss estimates.
3. Strategic Risk Management Consulting: Ongoing consulting engagements helping organizations set risk-tolerance thresholds, evaluate alternative strategies, and embed risk thinking into operational and capital planning.
4. Portfolio Risk Assessments: Benchmarking exposures, modeling loss scenarios, and resource allocation across regions and business lines for corporate and institutional clients.
5. Underwriting and Insurance Support: Expert technical support for insurers, reinsurers, and brokers - from single-risk evaluations to portfolio-level analyses, translating engineering and hazard data into underwriting insight.
6. Broker Partnership Services: Building-level loss estimates provided to insurance brokers as part of renewal workflow, enabling better program structuring and deductible optimization for HOA clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EQE Risk provides earthquake and natural disaster risk management advisory services, combining on-the-ground disaster investigation experience with site-specific engineering analysis. Its core deliverables include building-level earthquake loss estimates, per-building deductible gap analysis, and strategic risk consulting for HOAs, multifamily property owners, insurance brokers, insurers, reinsurers, and large corporate/institutional clients. A freemium online screening tool (Rapid Risk) provides preliminary assessments that feed the broader consulting pipeline.

Product overview

EQE Risk (EQE Consulting / Yanev Associates LLC) offers a suite of natural disaster risk management products and services. The core offering consists of EQE Rapid Risk, an online building-level earthquake screening tool, complemented by professional consulting services including Site-Specific Assessments, Strategic Risk Management Consulting, Portfolio Risk Assessments, and Underwriting & Insurance Support. Building-Level Loss Estimates form the technical foundation of their assessments. The company serves insurers, reinsurers, HOAs, multifamily property owners, brokers, governments, utilities, manufacturers, and financial institutions across industries including power, manufacturing, oil and gas, transportation infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and real estate portfolios.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EQE Rapid Risk Online self-serve screening tool that delivers quick preliminary earthquake exposure estimates for residential buildings. Used by condo owners, HOA boards, brokers, engineers, and architects to inform insurance and risk-reduction discussions. Available free or at low cost with no credit card required.
• Site-Specific Assessments Comprehensive on-site evaluations of natural-hazard and terrorism exposure for individual facilities, integrating engineering analysis, empirical disaster data, and operational context to quantify vulnerabilities and identify mitigation priorities. Delivered to property owners, HOAs, and corporate clients.
• Strategic Risk Management Consulting Advisory engagements that help organizations establish risk-tolerance thresholds, evaluate alternative strategies, and embed risk thinking into operational and capital planning decisions.
• Portfolio Risk Assessments Services that benchmark exposures, model loss scenarios, and support resource allocation across regions and business lines for corporate and institutional clients with multi-asset or multi-site footprints.
• Underwriting & Insurance Support Expert technical support for insurers, reinsurers, and brokers ranging from single-risk evaluations to portfolio-level analyses, translating engineering and hazard data into underwriting insight.
• Building-Level Loss Estimates Engineering-driven, site-specific per-building loss estimates that model how each structure in a community would perform under realistic earthquake scenarios, accounting for construction type, building age, soil conditions, and local seismic hazard. Used by insurance brokers for renewal workflows and by HOAs for deductible optimization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Case study: $125,000/year premium HOA discovered insurance wouldn't effectively respond in major earthquake; restructured program to better coverage at same or lower cost
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MarshminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInsurance brokerage firm displayed as a client logo on the EQE Risk contact page. Marsh serves as an intermediary bringing EQE Risk's technical expertise to their HOA and property owner clients.
• AllianzminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal insurance company displayed as a client logo on the EQE Risk contact page, indicating a working relationship where Allianz may refer clients or integrate EQE Risk assessments.
• World BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor international development bank. EQE Risk advised on the Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation Project, overseeing risk strategy for over $1.5 billion in public-infrastructure upgrades. Also worked with the Asian Development Bank.
• Swiss ReminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal reinsurance company displayed as a client logo. EQE Risk conducted comprehensive natural-hazard analyses for Swiss Re on critical sites worldwide.
• AIGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal insurance company displayed as a client logo. EQE Risk conducted comprehensive natural-hazard analyses for AIG on critical sites worldwide.
• W.R. BerkleyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInsurance company displayed as a client logo. EQE Risk managed earthquake and natural-hazards assessments and risk management projects for W.R. Berkley.
• EDFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor French energy company. EQE Risk supported EDF in developing corporate frameworks for natural-disaster risk management across Europe.
• EngiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal energy company. Partnered with EQE Risk to develop corporate frameworks for natural-disaster risk management across Europe.
• Los Angeles World AirportscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated earthquake risk master plan for Los Angeles World Airports, including LAX, ONT, and VNY facilities. Major infrastructure consulting engagement.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Moody's RMS: The largest catastrophe modeling firm globally, offering earthquake, wind, and flood models to insurers and reinsurers. Direct competitor to EQE Risk's underwriting-support and portfolio risk assessment practice, but at vastly greater scale and via licensed software rather than bespoke consulting.
• Karen Clark & Company: Independent catastrophe modeling and risk analytics firm serving insurers, reinsurers, and governments. Closest comparably-sized peer to EQE Risk in terms of boutique specialization, multi-peril modeling expertise, and reliance on empirical loss data.
• ImageCat: Earthquake and natural-hazard risk consulting firm using remote sensing and engineering analysis to model building-level losses. Directly comparable to EQE Risk's building-level loss estimates and seismic risk methodology, with similar customer overlap in government and insurance.
• AIR Worldwide (Verisk): Catastrophe modeling platform now part of Verisk, providing probabilistic earthquake, hurricane, and terrorism models. Competes with EQE Risk on underwriting support, but delivers outputs through licensed software platforms rather than bespoke consulting engagements.

Broad incumbents

• CoreLogic (now ICE Mortgage Solutions / Cotality): Property data and analytics firm providing natural hazard risk scores at the parcel and building level for insurers and lenders. Overlaps with EQE Risk's building-level earthquake loss estimates but operates at much broader geographic and peril scale.
• Verisk Analytics: Large insurance-focused data analytics and risk services platform that owns AIR Worldwide and 221B (BCAR). Provides underwriting, claims, and catastrophe analytics across the insurance value chain, competing with EQE Risk on enterprise consulting mandates.
• Aon (Impact Forecasting): Global insurance and reinsurance broker with an in-house catastrophe modeling unit (Impact Forecasting) serving clients with earthquake, wind, and flood models. Competes with EQE Risk on broker-supported catastrophe advisory work, particularly for large HOA and corporate accounts.
• Guy Carpenter: Reinsurance-focused broker and risk analytics provider that supports cedents with portfolio modeling and strategic advisory. Overlaps with EQE Risk's portfolio risk assessment and reinsurer-facing engagements at a global scale.
• ABS Group (Jensen Hughes): Risk and reliability consulting firm providing natural hazard, structural, and security risk services to industrial, government, and insurance clients. Comparable to EQE Risk's strategic consulting for utilities, manufacturing, and infrastructure operators like LA World Airports.

Others

• Munich Re: Global reinsurer with in-house NatCat modeling capabilities (touchPOINT, MRNAT). Functions as both a customer of and a partial substitute for EQE Risk's reinsurer-facing underwriting and portfolio analytics services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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