Anthony R. O’Donnell // January 14, 2026 
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Swiss Re (Zurich) is integrating data from Fathom (Bristol, U.K.) into its internal catastrophe model as it advances a unified global view of flood risk. The work follows Swiss Re’s acquisition of the flood intelligence provider in December 2023 and builds on ongoing collaboration between the firms.
Stuart Whitfield, CEO, Fathom.
The integration includes development of 50,000-year probabilistic flood event sets informed by AI-enhanced climate models. These models aim to reduce historical bias and account for