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    Quantica · For Financial Institutions

    AI-driven geopolitical
    & war-risk intelligence
    for financial institutions

    Quantica helps banks, investment firms, insurers and financial institutions assess, monitor, price and stress-test geopolitical and war-risk exposure more systematically.

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    Decision-support only. Does not replace underwriting judgement.

    The Challenge

    In an increasingly fragmented global environment, geopolitical risk has become a central driver of financial outcomes rather than a peripheral concern. Events such as armed conflicts, sanctions regimes, political instability, and trade disruptions now directly influence markets, liquidity conditions, and institutional resilience.

    Conventional risk frameworks are typically built on historical data and stable assumptions. However, geopolitical developments are inherently nonlinear, forward-looking, and shaped by complex interactions between political decisions, economic dependencies, and social dynamics. This creates a structural limitation: the inability to translate qualitative geopolitical developments into measurable financial risk.

    The Framework

    Quantica Risk Modelling addresses this gap by structuring geopolitical risk into a quantitative framework that can be integrated into existing risk architectures. The approach combines scenario analysis, data-driven modelling, and network-based techniques to capture how geopolitical events propagate through financial systems, supply chains, and cross-border exposures.

    Geopolitical Risk and Modelling: Four pillars translating geopolitical developments into measurable financial risk.

    Our modelling stack decomposes geopolitical risk into four interlocking components — from raw event detection through to quantified portfolio impact — so institutions can act on geopolitics with the same rigour they apply to credit and market risk.

    • Event Detection

      Real-time identification of geopolitical developments with measurable financial implications.

    • Scenario Generation

      Forward-looking scenario construction beyond historical data limitations.

    • Transmission Channels

      Mapping how geopolitical events propagate through financial systems and supply chains.

    • Financial Impact

      Quantified outputs across credit, market, and liquidity risk categories.

    Decision-Oriented Outputs

    The outputs are designed to be practical and decision-oriented, enabling institutions not only to respond to geopolitical developments but to anticipate and prepare for them in a structured and consistent manner.

    Risk scoring across countries and sectors
    Forward-looking stress scenarios
    Early warning indicators
    Portfolio-level impact assessments
    Sample Model Output

    Underwriter handout — Red Sea / Gulf of Aden war-risk model.

    A representative output of the Quantica War-Risk engine: severity calibration, recent kinetic events, and a pricing implication delivered in a single underwriter-ready handout.

    QUANTICA WAR-RISK v4

    Underwriter handout

    Red Sea / Gulf of Aden

    Broad lane, multi-source threat. Houthi missiles + USVs + Iran ballistic + piracy overlap. Pricing: area-wide JWC; price for tail (TVaR), not mean.

    MED-HIGH

    Risk grade

    —

    Tail shape

    —

    Tail scale

    Severity model

    ​

    thresholdbodytail
    Fatality threshold
    —(fatalities / week)
    Tail shape
    —(gate |ξ| < 0.8)
    Tail scale
    —
    Body mean & std. dev.
    —
    KS p-value
    —(gate > 0.05)
    Exceedance count
    —(gate ≥ 20)

    Recent Middle East incidents

    6 confirmed incidents · attacker × outcome.

    • Iran ballistic strike

      missile (200+) · —

      no kinetic

    • Anonymous-1

      missile strike · $12M H&M

      hull

    • Sounion

      missile (oil) · $80M H&M + P&I

      hull

    • Chios Lion

      USV · $18M H&M

      hull

    • Tutor

      USV (sunk) · $45M CTL + P&I

      deaths

    • Wind

      missile strike · $9M H&M

      hull

    Pricing implication

    Broad lane, multi-source threat. Houthi missiles + USVs + Iran ballistic + piracy overlap. Pricing: area-wide JWC; price for tail (TVaR), not mean.

    Quantica War-Risk v4·CAT-validated·not for client distribution without actuarial sign-off

    Illustrative output. Parameters and incidents shown for demonstration purposes.

    Our Vision

    This section forms part of a broader platform that combines modelling capabilities with ongoing geopolitical intelligence — including analytical articles, scenario analyses, and methodological insights that support a deeper understanding of emerging global risks.

    The objective is not to predict geopolitical events with certainty, but to provide a disciplined and transparent approach to managing uncertainty. By bridging geopolitical insight with quantitative modelling, institutions can enhance resilience and make more informed decisions in an increasingly complex global landscape.

    Jonas Osman

    CEO, Quantica Risk Modelling

    Paris Office
    Quantica Risk Modelling headquarters — Haussmannian building in Paris

    Quantica Risk Modelling

    Headquartered in the heart of Paris, we partner with financial institutions, asset managers, and policy bodies across Europe to translate geopolitical uncertainty into measurable financial risk.

    Quantica Risk Modelling SAS · RCS Paris 912 345 678

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