Consulting

Steve Kolk is president of Kolkulations, LLC, a risk analysis consulting firm that deploys data mining, predictive modeling and geospatial technology to drive client profitability.

Bob Finnigan, BBWA Sports Writer for the Seattle Times, nicknamed him “StatMaster” for providing hard-to-get stats adding factual color to Seattle Mariner stories.

He visits Ashville, NC aka “Climate City” annually to stay abreast of data developments and expert climate science knowledge. He has developed many insightful visualizations and extreme value models of catastrophic claims and losses.

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What We Do

Kolkulations LLC provides Training, “Big Data” Mining, database design help and Risk Analytics services of climate change.

  • Speaking to conferences & Customized training
  • Get guidance about climate and weather data sources to improve your business by blending your data with solid facts.
  • Kolkulation models go beyond the Law of Large Numbers with Extreme Value Theory that quantifies the multiplier effects of global warming and climate change.

Our Story

Steve Kolk is one of the top actuarial experts in climate change. He visits Ashville, NC aka “Climate City” annually to stay abreast of data developments and expert knowledge.

He is a sought-after speaker on climate risk across the US and around the world. He has spoken to audiences of actuaries, business, government and military across the USA.

He launched Kolkulations LLC to develop and provide factual climate change risk measures to business and industry, government and agriculture.

Our Success Stories

Here are some sample Kolk-ulations:

  • Spoke to audiences in over two-dozen states across the USA and six countries beyond.
  • Voted best speaker at a multicultural conference in Vietnam.
  • Advisor to economists. engineers and other InsureTech firms on the property insurance and reinsurance industry.
  • Delivered actuarial 2018 Simon Lecture to Michigan State University faculty & students on applied Extreme Value Theory.
  • Key member of the North American team that launched and maintains the Actuaries Climate Index (ACI). 
  • Advisor and co-author of Hampton Roads Pilot Study of adapting to Sea Level Rise. The report won the DOT climate award. 

More about our story

Kolkulations LLC brings knowledge of many weather and catastrophe risk source to bear on your climate risk measurement problems.

Ask us about the “Kolk-Prepared” story, behind our brand promise:

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