All Editors' Letter articles
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Catastrophe RiskLooking for small birds in thick growth
Some events that take us by surprise may turn out not to be so unpredictable on reflection
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Catastrophe RiskThe Goldfinger catastrophe theorem
James Bond villain Auric Goldfinger explained his approach to causation in the following way: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
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Catastrophe RiskString theory and catastrophe risks
The application of intellectual energy to the greatest puzzles, such as the origin of the universe, produces such imagination straining explanations as string theory
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Features
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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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.
