All Cat Modelling articles – Page 4
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Features
Pooling together
With the rising cost of natural catastrophes around the world, public private solutions could provide a model for the future. Dr Simon Young explains how the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility has set a precedent.
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Modelling for investors
As the market for insurance-linked securities takes off, catastrophe modelling agencies are striving to make their products simpler for investors to understand and easier for issuers to apply. David Banks reports.
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Modelling future climate
The fourth assessment report from the UNEP Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) goes some way to predicting the impact of climate change on weather patterns.
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UPDATE: Bertha regains strength
Back to a ‘weak’ Category 2 hurricane with 105mph winds - Eqecat
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Bertha ‘not untypical’ – Munich Re
Company’s head of geo risk research describes 2008 catastrophes to date
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AIR wins Barbican contract
Cat modeller’s risk management systems to be used under licence
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Online onlyDestructive typhoon makes landfall in China
Fengshen passed by Hong Kong and Macau before making landfall in south-eastern China
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RenRe set agenda at hurricane forum
Key conclusions were in research and reinsurance retention levels
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Online onlyPowerful quake kills 10 in Japan
The earthquake, measuring 6.8, was located around 51 miles south-west of Morioka in on Honshu Islan
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Storm-insured volumes ‘to double by 2018’
AIR analysis also found insured value of US coastal property grew by 7% pa
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Earthquake hits western Greece
6.1 magnitude quake causes two deaths and damages hundreds of buildings
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Hedge fund firm buys into ILS specialist
Man Group to pay £25m for company focusing on weather derivatives
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Expecting the unexpected
Steve Smith says the science points to a hurricane season in line with the heightened risk period – or worse.
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Cover Story
Fragile China
It has been called “China’s Hurricane Andrew”. Following the Sichuan earthquake in China, Helen Yates asks how future events could be better insured and whether a government-backed catastrophe pool could be the solution.
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Online onlyDon't underestimate hurricane threat, urges PCI
The US was "lucky" last year that it missed Dean and Felix - the two largest storms in history
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Benfield launches Bulgaria quake model
Several strong and damaging earthquakes have occurred in Bulgaria during the last 200 years
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RMS unveils hurricane parametric index
Tool is ready to support the 2008 Atlantic basin hurricane season
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‘Above norm’ storms prediction reduced
2008 will be 20% higher than standard rather than previous forecast of 35% higher
