Centre Expertise

The Aon Benfield Natural Hazard Centre, Africa provides expertise and research on natural hazards, particularly seismic hazards, that affect South Africa and neighbouring territories. The Centre also assists in the development of Aon Benfield’s proprietary GAP (Geographical Analysis Project) earthquake model for South Africa – GAPQuake South Africa - to benefit customers and the insurance market in South Africa.

The Centre which is led by Prof Andrzej Kijko, is located at the University of Pretoria's main campus. It works closely with the Aon Benfield Analytics Natural Hazards team in London, and has extensive skills in earthquake hazard modelling, mining catastrophe, flood and meteorological risk.