All Global Reinsurance articles in July-August 2002
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Tunnel Vision
Road tunnel fires are relatively rare but potentially catastrophic. Bill Welburn and Xavier de Nettancourt describe the safeguards that have been incorporated in the design of a new 2.3km tunnel in the middle of Cairo.
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Selective Thinking
Rigorous and quantitative analysis are essential to improving the quality of the reinsurance purchasing decision, according to Oliver Peterken.
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Market On The Move
A discussion of index-based natural catastrophe protections by Jean-Paul Conoscente, Jean-Yves Nouy, Christophe Gaudron and Emmanuel Dubreuil.
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High Rise Risk
Two major events have caused us to question the risks for major high-rise buildings. Structural engineers John Meyer and Ronald Hamburger explain.
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Features
Global Report
Paul Hertelendy and Erik Rüttener discuss the challenge of rolling out a global catastrophe reporting standard in Japan.
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The Role Of Geoscientists
Meteorologist Mark Bove describes his work and current research on severe thunderstorms.
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Florida market reform
Michael Adams explains the changes in the Florida market for windstorm insurance.
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Making A Difference
Jeffrey Sciaudone discusses the way building codes benefit re/insurers, with an emphasis on conditions in the US.
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Weather Derivatives
The market for weather derivatives has developed into a sizeable sector over the last five years, but the role of re/insurers is still uncertain, says Valerie Denney.
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Corporate Quakes
Dr Paolo Bazzurro describes how catastrophe modelling can be used to quantify the potential impact of earthquakes on corporate facilities.
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Code Crackers
US-style seismic codes are needed in Europe still say Zygmunt Lubkowski and Xiaonian Duan.
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Winds Of Change
Andrew Pincott looks at some of the regulatory complications for English and European insurance companies developing alternative risk transfer products to protect businesses against natural catastrophes.
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Property Cat Re-Born
Sarah Goddard looks at the background of one of the most successful property catastrophe reinsurers, Renaissance Re.
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Science Not Art
Lee Coppack looks at the forces shaping property catastrophe reinsurance since Hurricane Andrew.
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An ART to Contracts
Investors are much more comfortable with parametric or objective triggers explains John Ryan.
