All Archive articles – Page 24
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Predicting the Unpredictable
Insurance professionals and risk managers know well the typical areas of loss
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New Madrid Warning
After a magnitude 41 earthquake from the New Madrid fault shook eastern Arkansas and western Tennessee on 10 February 2005, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reminded people living in the region that th
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Shipbuilders' Losses
The London insurance market has set up an initiative to tackle the incidence of shipbuilders' losses which have cost underwriters around $700 million
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Uncertainty Hovers over US Terrorism Insurance
Failure to renew the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act would jeopardise availability of insurance for terrorist acts
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Global Warming and Extreme Weather Events
The blockbuster movie of the summer of 2004, The Day After Tomorrow, popularised the public's conventional assumptions regarding how global warming will manifest - as a global increase in severe or ev
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El Nino Definition
National meteorological services of Canada, Mexico and the United States have reached consensus on an index and definitions for El Nino and La Nina events (also referred to as the El Nino Southern Osc
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Managing Disaster Risk in Developing Countries
Financial risk transfer mechanisms could break the cycle of shock and recovery from disasters in developing countries
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New Code of Practice to Reduce Tunnel Losses
Expensive tunnel construction losses have resulted in the creation of a risk management based code of practice
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The Threat of Climate Change
Architects are more to blame than sports utility vehicles Insurers can help.
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Open Source Catastrophe Risk Models
One way to improve catastrophe models would be to open the black box
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Case Studies
Supply Chain Cat Risk Case Study
A multinational pharmaceutical company analysed its exposure to earthquake from essential supply chain components in Japan
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Business Continuity Lessons from Catastrophes
Four land falling hurricanes and a disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean have highlighted, again, the vulnerability of the business systems we have created in the modern world
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Atlantic Tsunami Warning System
In response to concerns over catastrophic tsunami in the Atlantic Basin, the US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to establish a tsunami early warning system in the region
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Multinational Action on Catastrophes
The OECD is setting up an international network on financial management of large scale catastrophes
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Cat Models and 2004 Hurricanes
Practically all reinsurers and many insurers now use catastrophe models A year like 2004 stress tests the output.
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Record Catastrophe Losses in 2004
Hurricanes in the Caribbean and United States and typhoons in Japan helped to make 2004 a record year for insured losses
