EQECAT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting), and the leading authority on extreme-risk modeling, said today that Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE:WSH), has adopted EQECAT’s Offshore Energy Model to assist clients in quantifying offshore energy risks in the Gulf of Mexico. The Offshore Energy Model is part of its WORLDCATenterpriseTM catastrophe management software suite.

“We have awaited the release of EQECAT’s Offshore Energy Model for the Gulf of Mexico with great interest. We expect the model will provide a valuable new perspective on evaluating catastrophe risk to offshore energy assets in the region,” said Rowan Douglas, Managing Director, Willis Analytics International and Specialty, Willis Re.

“We are very pleased that an organization as well regarded as the Willis Group is the first reinsurance intermediary to begin using our state-of-the-art Offshore Energy Model,” said Rick Clinton, EQECAT President. “Their decision to add this EQECAT model to their portfolio of software analysis tools reflects the need in the market for better models to quantify and manage offshore energy risk. Moreover, ABS Consulting is a leading independent provider of risk management services in the offshore energy market. ABS Consulting provides solutions for marine and offshore operators, business, finance and government. The detailed knowledge from decades of ABS Consulting’s offshore experience and risk management expertise has played a major role in building a model that provides reliable offshore loss estimates, and enables insurers and reinsurers to differentiate, price and manage accumulated risk in this highly specialized market.”

EQECAT’s Offshore Energy Model was launched on May 15, 2007 and is available for immediate use. For additional information about EQECAT risk models, please visit www.eqecat.com, or call +1-510 –817-3100.

EQECAT Serves Global Clients Through Extensive WORLDCATenterprise™

Through its user-friendly, extreme-risk modeling software, WORLDCATenterprise™, EQECAT enables clients to assess and manage potential damage and loss from wind, earthquakes, flood, wildfire, and terrorism, among other perils. WORLDCATenterprise™ includes 177 natural hazard software models for 89 countries spanning six continents.

EQECAT and its parent ABSG Consulting Inc. (“ABS Consulting”) serve the global property and casualty insurance industry, major multinational corporations and financial institutions. EQECAT is known as the technical leader and innovator in the development of analysis tools and methodologies to quantify insurers’ and major corporations’ exposure to natural and man-made catastrophic risk.