CRESTA Zones
Industry standard zones for insurance risk management
CRESTA Zones
Industry standard zones for insurance risk management
CRESTA zones help to analyse and present natural hazard risk, based on the system established by the world’s leading reinsurers. While peril-independent, CRESTA (Catastrophe Risk Evaluating and Standardising Target Accumulations) has established a uniform and global system to transfer, electronically, aggregated exposure data for accumulation risk control and modelling among insurers and reinsurers.

CRESTA Zones
CRESTA zones were originally developed as a joint project of the Swiss Reinsurance Company, the Gerling-Konzern Globale Reinsurance Company and the Munich Reinsurance Company. Europa Technologies was part of the original team who brought the standard into the digital mapping era and has maintained a map data product implementing the standard longer than any other vendor.
Insurance professionals need accurate and reliable maps and databases. In today’s times of climate change, demand has increased for location intelligence to manage risks and reduce exposure. Global CRESTA Plus offers insurers an important basis for aggregated risk assessment, exposure management and reinsurance negotiation & reporting.
Worldwide CRESTA zones
Availability
Map data is available for the following countries & territories. Click on a flag or name for further details.
CRESTA zones for North America / Caribbean
CRESTA zones for Europe
CRESTA zones for Africa
CRESTA zones for the Middle East
CRESTA zones for Oceania
Data formats & delivery
CRESTA Zones map data is available in the following popular GIS formats:
- Esri Shapefile
- Esri File GeoDatabase
- MapInfo TAB (Extended)
All data products are delivered using our secure data delivery platform, Europa Data Vault.

Related products
Global CRESTA Plus
Global CRESTA Plus helps brokers and reinsurers assess and present natural hazard risk, based on CRESTA zones, using the system established by the world’s leading reinsurers. It enables applications to quickly establish the CRESTA zone and then analyse/present aggregate risk across a portfolio. Global CRESTA Plus offers insurers an important basis for aggregated risk assessment, exposure management and reinsurance negotiation and reporting.
Risk Insight
Risk Insight offers a powerful yet intuitive means of assessing risk intelligence across your property portfolio. Developed for insurers, public sector bodies and property managers, it provides a clear picture and understanding of individual risks and overall exposure. Implemented as an online service, Risk Insight can be integrated with your internal systems to provide a rich, seamless experience for your users.
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