Boston, MA, January 2012 – RiskMeter.com, a provider of real-time natural hazard risk reports, today announced it has added a Texas Wildfire report to its service. This report will return a property’s proximity to wildfire risk by simply entering an address or uploading a book of business.

Although wildfire risk is associated mostly with western states, more than 40% of all wildfires in 2011 occurred in Texas. The 2011 Texas wildfire season was the costliest season on record and was responsible for burning nearly 4 million acres and more than 5,700 structures.

Many experts are predicting that extreme wildfire events in Texas could be common place over the next few years, due to an ongoing drought, hot dry winds, high temperatures and urban expansion.

“Each year wildfire events cause hundreds of millions of dollars in losses,” says Daniel Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online. “After consulting with our customers, we took their feedback and had our analysts create a Texas Wildfire report. This tool will allow RiskMeter’s users to quickly and easily screen new business for the proximity to wildfire risks, as well as to evaluate the overall threat to their current book of business. RiskMeter’s Wildfire model now provides coverage for 15 states, including AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA and WY,” says Munson. For more information about this report or to request a Texas wildfire hazard map, please contact Daniel Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online at 617.737.4444 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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RiskMeter Online is used by underwriters and agents to automate property lookups. This Web-based solution utilizes Internet mapping technology to enable underwriters to determine the proximity to natural hazards for any property in the Unites States. It’s far more accurate and faster than any other method for determining property risk, and can save underwriters considerable time and money. The RiskMeter Online provides over 30 real-time reports, including Distance to Coast, FEMA Flood Zones, Rating Territories, Windpool Eligibility, RMS Data & Analytics, Individual AAL & PML Reports, Earthquake information and much more.