What's New in Touchstone 2020 (8.0) validation reference
New and Updated Models
The following models are new to, or have been updated in, Touchstone 8.0 (Touchstone 2020). New and/or updated loss files are available for each of these models.
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Verisk Inland Flood Model for the United States
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Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States
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Verisk Earthquake Model for Australia
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Verisk Earthquake Model for the Caribbean
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Verisk Tropical Cyclone Model for the Caribbean
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Other Updates
Caribbean updates enable you to import exposure data for the Caribbean countries for use with Touchstone 8.0 model updates for Caribbean countries. Changes may include changes in CRESTA, Area, and Postal names and codes; boundaries, and code formats; there may be new and deprecated names and codes. Support for city-level data import and geocoding has also been added for all Caribbean countries.
This release supports local intensity event calculations for the Precipitation Depth sub-perils of the Tropical Cyclone perils for the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States and the Verisk Typhoon Model for Japan.
More Information
The Scope of Model and Software Updates, available on the Client Portal, provides high-level information about model updates and updates to Verisk's Industry Exposure Database.