Financial firms are starting to use newly available “catastrophe” models—originally built to predict natural-disaster losses—to incorporate the risk of armed conflicts into their forecasts, according to reports from Bloomberg and Business Line. The work involves adapting methodologies used by specialists in natural catastrophe modeling so they can estimate how wars may affect economic variables that investors, banks, and insurers track, such as commodity prices and broader financial costs. The models are described as tools for improving risk scenarios tied to geopolitical events, rather than replacing existing approaches. The articles say access to these models is expanding on Wall Street, where firms are seeking more structured ways to anticipate knock-on effects from conflict. While the coverage emphasizes the growing need to account for war in financial risk planning, it does not provide specific details on model vendors, deployment timelines, or whether the forecasts are used for capital, underwriting, or investment decision-making. Overall, both sources frame the development as a response to how wars disrupt markets and complicate standard forecasting.