What's new in the 2025 validation reference
The 2025 Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference includes information about support for additional codes in some models.
Introducing Release Notes
Historically we have produced software and model scope documents, a technical specification, release notes, and other supporting documents. Going forward, we offer the all inclusive Touchstone 2025 (13.0) Release Notes. Click https://docs.air-worldwide.com/releaseReadiness/releaseNotes_13-0/ts-tsre_all/releaseReadiness_main.html to view.
Change to contents of validation reference
The validation reference now contains all content from Touchstone 2020 (8.0) onwards. You can view the changes in each release in the "What's new" topics, and see a cumulative list of all changes in the "Revision history" topic. You can find earlier versions of the validation reference by navigating to the "Earlier Versions" section in the validation reference and selecting the version that you want to view.
The most current version of the validation reference includes text that identifies the version in which a feature was introduced or updated, as shown in the following examples:
New and updated models
This release includes the following new and updated models. Refer to the release notes and to model documentation for details about each model and its enhancements:- Verisk Bushfire Model for Australia
- Verisk Earthquake Model for Mexico
- Verisk Inland Flood Model for the UK and the Republic of Ireland
- Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States
- Verisk Typhoon Model for South Korea
New and updated codes and other information
- Added solar construction and occupancy codes to the Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States.
- Updated information about defensible space to address measurements outside the United States.
- For Verisk Typhoon Model for South Korea: Added storm surge peril; updated code to separate precipitation flood peril from wind peril; updated precipitation and flood surge resolution to 30m; updated height bands; added year-built support for wind. Added support for additional construction codes and occupancy codes, in particular: 200-series and 2000-series construction codes, 400-series occupancy codes 400-487, and marine cargo occupancy codes 1001-1012. Extended support for 12 secondary risk characteristics.
- For Verisk Inland Flood Model for the UK and the Republic of Ireland: Updated height bands; added support for additional construction codes and occupancy codes, in particular: 200-series and 2000-series construction codes, 400-series occupancy codes 400-487, and marine cargo occupancy codes 1001-1012. Extended support for 12 secondary risk characteristics.
- For Verisk Bushfire Model for Australia: New intensity parameter—flame length; ignition locations determined from historical patterns and current fuel availability; updated height bands; new tags for moisture index and El Niño/La Niña year; support for marine risk and additional construction and occupancy codes, in particular 200-series and 2000-series construction codes, 400-series occupancy codes 400-487, and marine cargo occupancy codes 1001-1012. Extended support for six secondary risk characteristics.
- Enhancements to the Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States: New support for solar farms, enhancements to roof aging, support for additional construction and occupancy codes, and updated secondary risk characteristics (for example, impacts relative to hail hazard affect Roof Year Built and Roof Covering).
- Enhancements to: application of step functions policies, reporting of peril codes for more consistent results, peril code mapping to losses and reporting of results, complex policy structures with area tags, back-allocation in complex policy structures, and application of LOB filters in CAT XOL treaties. For more information, refer to the financial module documentation, available on the Client Portal.