Global CRESTA v7.1
Aggregated global zones for insurance risk assessment
Key Features
- Based on Global Insight Plus
- Country based zones and sub-zones
- System developed by the world's leading reinsurers
- Extensive places gazetteer
- Regular updates
- Internet / intranet ready
Description
The Global CRESTA (Catastrophe Risk Evaluating and Standardising Target Accumulations) zone data set helps brokers and reinsurers assess and present risk, based on the zoning system established by the world's leading reinsurers. Based primarily on the observed or expected seismic activity (although drought, flood and wind storms are also considered) within a country, CRESTA zones consider the distribution of insured values within a country as well as administrative or political boundaries for easier assessment of risks. CRESTA Zones are the essential basis for reinsurance negotiation and portfolio analysis.
CRESTA was originally developed as a joint project of Swiss Reinsurance Company (Zurich), Gerling-Konzern Globale Reinsurance Company (Cologne) and the Munich Reinsurance Company (Munich). Europa Technologies brings this standard into the digital mapping age with Global CRESTA. The product is ready-to-use for CRESTA zone look-ups by place name and risk visualisation applications. For MapInfo Professional users, we supply an easy-to-use application, CRESTA:view, for use by insurance analysts. With standard locating functions, a user can easily pinpoint what zone a risk falls within and then analyse/present the aggregate risk. Interrogation functions then provide the user with basic risk assessment information which can be further enhanced by adding a variety of national or international data sets such as earthquake locations, storm paths, meteorological, geological and insurance-specific statistical data.
The Global CRESTA database is also available via an easy-to-use web based service, CRESTA:net.

Global CRESTA - Tokyo, Japan & California, USA
Layers
Global CRESTA consists of the following intermatching data layers:
- Current political map, 1:1m scale [regions]
- Current political map, 1:3m scale [regions]
- Country reference [points]
- Time zones [regions]
- Coastlines [polylines]
- International borders [polylines]
- 1st level administrative borders [polylines]
- 2nd level administrative borders [polylines]
- 2nd level administrative regions [regions]
- Places, >820,0000 [points]
- Alternative names [points]
- Urban sprawls [regions]
- Sea depths [polylines]
- Drainage [regions & polylines]
- Airports [points]
- Ports [points]
- Roads [polylines]
- Railways [polylines]
- CRESTA zones/Sub-Zones [regions]
- CRESTA zones [points]
- CRESTA zone borders [polylines]
- CRESTA sub-zones [points]
- CRESTA sub-zone Borders [polylines]
A number of useful backgrounds, grids and lines are also supplied.
Data Formats
Global Insight Lite is available in the following data formats:
- ESRI Shapefile
- MapInfo TAB
- MapInfo MIF/MID
The primary and alternative places databases can also supplied in the following formats which allow easy loading to most database platforms:
Other major formats can be supported by special arrangement.
Media
Global CRESTA is supplied on CD-ROM.
Pricing
All products & services from Europa Technologies include free lifetime technical support. Note that all data is licensed, not sold, and is subject to our standard End-User Licence Agreement (EULA).
Single & Multi-User Licences
Global CRESTA (single end-user license) - GBP: £3295 / USD: $6595 / EUR: €5595
Multi-user licence costs are based on a multiplier of the single user cost.
| Users | Multiplier | GBP | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x1.0 | £3,295 | $6,595 | €5,595 |
| 2 | x1.5 | £4,943 | $9,893 | €8,393 |
| 5 | x2.0 | £6,590 | $13,190 | €11,190 |
| 10 | x2.5 | £8,238 | $16,488 | €13,988 |
| 15 | x3.0 | £9,885 | $19,785 | €16,785 |
| 25 | x3.5 | £11,533 | $23,083 | €19,583 |
| 50 | x4.0 | £13,180 | $26,380 | €22,380 |
| 100 | x5.0 | £16,475 | $32,975 | €27,975 |
| 250 | x6.0 | £19,770 | $39,570 | €33,570 |
| 500 | x8.0 | £26,360 | $52,760 | €44,760 |
| Site / Corporate | POA | POA | POA | POA |
Annual Maintenance
For single and multi-user licences, maintenance includes all updates for one year; add 50% to costs above.
Web & Server Licences
Global CRESTA may be deployed in an Internet / intranet web environment or used in a central server based capacity for an annual fee of three times single user price. If the use of the product includes service resale (ASP models, etc.), the annual fee is five times the single user price. Prices include all updates for each licensed year. For intranet or server based applications where the number of users is limited, the multi-user licence pricing above (one-off payment, perpetual licence) may be used. All web/server licences are per application, per year. There are no restrictions to the number of servers, users or hits.
| Type | Multiplier | GBP | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | x3.0 | £9,885 | $19,785 | €16,785 |
| Resale | x5.0 | £16,475 | $32,975 | €27,975 |
Integration Licences
Attractive licensing terms are available to organisations who wish to integrate Global CRESTA into their own software products. Such applications are subject to a commercial agreement. Please contact the sales team to discuss your requirements.
Data Samples
Please contact our sales team to request a data sample. We regret that custom samples are not possible.
Further Information
For further information, please contact our sales team who will be happy to help you.
Telephone: +44 (0)1932 64 55 55, option 1 (UK office hours)
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