AIR Worldwide, a unit of Verisk Analytics Inc., has appointed Roger Grenier senior vice president of global resilience, the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm said Monday.
Mr. Grenier was formerly director of catastrophe research and development at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., AIR said in a statement. He replaces Daniel Kaniewski, who left the firm to accept a position at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Mr. Grenier, who is based in Boston, began his career as an engineer where he worked on models for environmental, flood and coastal engineering projects, including helping to develop a comprehensive water quality and circulation model for New York Harbor.
PHILADELPHIA — Severe convective storm activity is on the rise in the United States, and the insurance industry and other stakeholders need to incentivize owners to invest in making their residential and commercial properties more resilient and discourage them from building in risky areas, according to experts.