Catalyst Announces New Tornado Model

In keeping with its reputation as a premier risk management services company, E.W. Blanch Holdings Inc announced the release of its Next Generation Catalyst Tornado Model. The new tornado model is now available in the Catalyst catastrophe modeling software.

EWB is continually working with customers to meet their needs and provide new solutions. With the addition of the new tornado modeling capability, companies have the ability to review combined, modeled losses from tornado, hurricane and earthquake, including fire following, when evaluating risk management strategies.

Developed by K2 Technologies, a subsidiary of E.W. Blanch, the New Tornado model simulates nearly 1.5 million tornado events representing over 200,000 years of potential storms. By using very sophisticated software programming techniques and taking advantage of today's technology, answers are available in just minutes for an average portfolio of individual properties. This technology makes our model the fastest of its kind on the market today, with no sacrifice in accuracy.

The scientists and engineers at K2 Technologies have been involved in an extensive tornado research and development program. The program includes post tornado event ground and aerial investigations of recent, major tornadoes. The results of this pioneering work have been incorporated in the Catalyst Tornado Model. The model also includes ground breaking techniques for modeling time dependence, tornado cluster sizes and the ability to not only estimate future loss potential from tornadoes, but also to model actual and user defined events in real time. These capabilities have never been available anywhere until now.

E.W. Blanch Holdings Inc is a leading provider of integrated risk management and distribution services, including reinsurance intermediary services, risk management consulting and administration services and primary distribution services. The Company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with branch offices throughout the United States and strategic locations in Europe, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. For more information, check the Internet at www.ewb.com.

Contact Todd Redepenning of E.W. Blanch Holdings Inc, 214-756-7000.