All Catastrophes articles – Page 30
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Features
Hard lessons from windstorms
Ports and transport facilities suffer badly in windstorms but the experience from major storms like Katrina can provide lessons to reduce future losses. By Ian Lush
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Loss prevention from the ground up
Getting loss prevention experts involved early reduces the risk of project disaster and delay. By Martin Vinkenfluegel
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Windstorm Kyrill: A glimpse into the future?
Windstorm Kyrill is a reminder that windstorm is a real threat to insurers and reinsurers in Europe. By Julian Alovisi, Claire Souch and Jane Toothill
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A letter from the editor to a major UK insurer
Dear property insurance manager,Thank you for the cheque reimbursing us for the damage to our roof in windstorm Kyrill. We are happy that you did not allow us to increase our deductible from £100 to £1,000 as we had suggested a few months earlier. The claim cost you, or more ...
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Features
Lighthill Risk Network: a community of expertise
April 2007 sees the launch of the Lighthill Risk Network, an international community that will link business and research. By Paul Wilson and Peter Taylor
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Features
Extreme weather and commodity prices
Extreme weather conditions and natural or man-made disasters usually cause a blip in commodity prices. How big a shift and how long it lasts depend on many factors. By Hugh Craig and Lee Coppack
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FeaturesPerformance of Commercial Buildings in Hurricanes
The hurricanes striking land in the US in 2004 and 2005 have provided a wealth of experience on commercial building writes Timothy Reinhold
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Athena and Artemis
Using Geographic Information Systems to Manage Flood Risk. By Suzanne Corona
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CRESTA Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
30 years after its establishment, CRESTA has become a recognised name with a broadly accepted industry standard. By Christina Bayerl and Peter Hausmann
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Catastrophe Risk
Active hurricane season 2007 widely forecast
Hurricane forecasters predict Atlantic basin and US landfalling hurricane activity of 75% above the 1950-2006 norm
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Catastrophe Risk
Hot weather in 2007
Moderate El Nino could see 2007 become the warmest year on record
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Features
From model output to price
Sophisticated methodologies and processes to price catastrophe risk are paramount if reinsurance is to remain a reliable and stable form of capital for clients underwriting in catastrophe exposed area
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Features
A Model of Tenacity
A little over 20 years ago, a young woman, metaphorically clutching her new masters degrees in economics and business administration, went to work in Boston for the US subsidiary of one of Britain's l
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Features
Lloyd's prepares for the worst
If the global insurance industry had a mission statement, it should simply say, 'Be prepared'.
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Features
Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism
Since 1983, civil war and terrorism have, in the eyes of the international media at least, provided an ever present backdrop to Sri Lankan affairs.
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Features
What role for government?
Frank Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), answers some questions from Catastrophe Risk Management about the US market, including proposals for more government involvemen
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AnalysisFlood threat in the United Kingdom
The east coast of England is under threat from rising sea levels, the ABI has warned in a report on the coastal flood risk. Existing flood defences must be improved
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Features
Ten Years of Earthquake - Insurance in Japan
In this article, we look back over the past 10 years in the Japanese insurance industry with the focus on earthquake coverage. We also attempt to make some predictions for the future direction of eart
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Catastrophe Risk
The disasters that failed to happen
Despite dire prognostications during first half of the year, the first 11 months of 2006 at least were comparatively benign in terms of natural and man-made catastrophes. The same may be true of 2007.
