Boston, MA, September 2011- CDS Business Mapping, LLC., a leader in online hazard mapping, today announced its list of the top ten tornado prone metro-areas. This list is based on the RiskMeter Online’s Tornado Model, which predicts the severity of tornadoes for any location in the Continental United States. In a free report just released by the RiskMeter Online, the following top ten tornado prone metro-areas (population 50,000 plus) are as follows:
*Not downtown but a rural area to the northeast.
The 2011 tornado season has been extremely active and has already surpassed last year’s totals for number of tornadoes (1,282) and damage ($1.1 billion). In the first six months of 2011 alone, there were approximately 1,600 tornadoes that caused an estimated $10 billion dollars worth of insured property damage, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
“Tornado events will always be a cause of concern for insurers,” explains Daniel Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online. “With RiskMeter’s Tornado report, users can enter an address and get frequency of tornado events, percentile score which compares the address entered to the rest of the US, average number of tornadoes for an area and a risk score. This detailed information will provide a much clearer picture of tornado risk, enabling underwriters to assess and price tornado risk more accurately,” says Munson.
For more information or to receive a free tornado and hail study, please contact Daniel Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online at 617.737.4444 or Email
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RiskMeter Online is used by underwriters and agents to automate property lookups. This Web-based solution utilizes Internet mapping technology to enable underwriters to determine the proximity to natural hazards for any property in the Unites States. It’s far more accurate and faster than any other method for determining property risk, and can save underwriters considerable time and money. The RiskMeter Online provides over 30 real-time reports, including Distance to Coast, FEMA Flood Zones, Rating Territories, Windpool Eligibility, RMS Data & Analytics, Individual AAL & PML Reports, Earthquake information and much more.
