All Risk Modelling articles – Page 13
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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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The WoW Factor in Hurricane Damage Mitigation
Wall of wind (WoW) research capability developed by the International Hurricane Research Center in Florida will change standards for building practices and retrofitting technology of existing structur
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Staying in business after the storm
For a company in a hurricane prone area, a hurricane emergency plan may mean the difference between being back in operation quickly and going out of business for good.
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All aboard for Nantes
The 15th annual conference of AMRAE, the French Risk Managers' Association will take place in the city of Nantes between the 24 and 26 January 2007. Andrew Leslie gets a preview from Alain Poullet, President of AMRAE's Scientific Committee.
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Research on landfalling hurricane winds
Catastrophe modeller AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) is to sponsor research by Texas Tech University on the detailed structure of hurricane winds over land.
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Modelling Offshore Energy Risk
Two years of devastating hurricanes pose the question - can offshore energy risk be modelled?
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Reviewing Model Changes
Commercial catastrophe model vendors have made key changes this year to their US hurricane and European windstorm models. Especially for US hurricane, the effect on modelled loss is material.
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Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes
The OECD has launched an international network that will gather high level public officials, representatives of the private sector and academic experts with a view to exchanging information and provid
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Managing Uncertainty in Cat Models
Difficult questions raised by the 2005 hurricane season on the merits of the various types of analyses that underpinned trading decisions continue to worry senior management.
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When risk management saves lives
Lee Coppack interviews Guy Lamand, StrategicRISK Lifetime Achiever award winner and recipient of the first ever French government prize for civil defence.
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The testing element
Adam Ripley says that, in a world fraught with business risk, technology can often be the Achilles heel of an organisation.
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Smash the rose coloured glasses!
Ben Gilad says that executives who think they are right even when they are wrong pose the biggest strategic risk to companies.
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The measurement challenge
Assessing reputation risk and clearly distinguishing it from other types of risks such as credit, market or operational risks is far from easy. Aldo Soprano, Daniele Ruspantini and Marco Penzo write.
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A positive approach
Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Jean-Paul Louisot discuss the need to assess and mitigate risk to reputation.
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Evaluating the Risks
Ingrid Eisen discusses the importance of risk assessments and the approach of the courts.
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TESTING THE RESILIENCE
How much capacity for change does your organisation have? And how can you test its resilience? Massimiliano Zanetti writes
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Preparing for new rules
Gary Summers recommends companies to produce a new risk assessment and crisis plan in preparation for changes in corporate manslaughter legislation
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Risk Management is key to surviving a flu pandemic
As fears of a pandemic triggered by cases of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus increase, businesses need to have strategies in place to enable them to react immediately and effectively in the event of the vi
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UK fire regulations may require a new approach
Is current industry practice in fire risk assessment enough to meet the forthcoming regulation in this area? Not according to Dr Jason Clement, who says companies are missing out on the full benefits
