All Windstorm articles – Page 17
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AIR presents near-term hurricane methodology
Also reveals preliminary findings from hybrid physical-statistical storm track model
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Cat 4 storm could threaten Japan
Tropical Storm Man-Yi is predicted to become a category 4 typhoon in four days time
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TSR lowers hurricane activity forecast
Tropical Storm Risk continues to predict an active Atlantic storm season despite lowering its activity forecast
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Online onlyNat cat losses will be off the scale
A Japan earthquake could cost $1trn, warns Professor Bill McGuire
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S&P assigns ratings to Swiss Re cat bond
S&P has assigned ratings to Fusion Re, a Swiss Re cat bond covering typhoons in Japan using a CAT-Mex trigger
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Florida Commission rejects new RMS predictions
RMS warns Florida could be leaving insurers and their policyholders “more exposed than they believe”
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Online onlyFarewell to catastrophe reinsurance?
A spate of new cat bonds suggests insurers increasingly prefer the capital markets for risk management
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S&P: Use the models with care
Unless modelling makes common sense and you can explain it to the customer, it won't work, say S&P analysts
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RMS provides analysis in Brit cat swap
RMS has designed the trigger mechanisms for a securitisation of multi-peril, multi-event catastrophe risk
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Online onlySidecars becoming a global solution
Previously the domain of just a handful of other jurisdictions, sidecars are becoming a global reinsurance solution
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Online onlyClimate change: insurers have a crucial role
The industry must recognise its important role in providing solutions to help curb climate change
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RMS launches reinsurance platform
The RMS reinsurance platform will help insurers and reinsurers reduce uncertainty in modelled losses
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Online onlyBermuda reinsurers flock to Lloyd’s
Lloyd’s is proving to be a firm favourite for Bermuda reinsurers seeking to diversify
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Online onlyFewer storms predicted for 2007 season
UK Met Office forecasts a below-average storm season
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Online onlyAustralian storms hit insurers
The storms that harangued Australia at the beginning of June have hit the country's insurers hard
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Nephila launches Gamut Re in Cayman
Nephila Capital has launched Gamut Reinsurance; cat portfolio to be managed using CDO technology
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AM Best affirms Everest Re ratings
AM Best has affirmed Everest Re’s “A+” rating but warns of “increased competitive pressures”
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Online onlyPooling together to cover catastrophes
Is the first-ever multi-country catastrophe pool a major step forward for hazard-prone regions?
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Capital market investors here to stay
Capital market investors will need more than another Katrina to be put off insurance, say panellists at an S&P conference
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S&P: Glacier Re cat bond assigned “B” rating
Standard & Poor's has assigned its “B” senior secured debt rating to the $75m class A notes issued by Nelson Re
