All Supplement - Catastrophe Risk articles – Page 7
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Catastrophe Risk
Hurricane, typhoon and hail prone areas
The International Hurricane Research Center in Florida has compiled a list of the 10 most hurricane vulnerable areas in the United States, while CDS Business Mapping has issued a list of the top torna
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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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Catastrophe Risk
Hurricane season 2006
Despite portentous forecasts by most hurricane research groups, the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season proved more of a damp squib than a raging repeat of 2005. The death toll was limited to 11, and econo
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Features
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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Catastrophe Risk
Cat bonds at record levels
Catastrophe risk securitisations reached record levels during the first eight months of 2006, and more are expected before the end of the year.
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Features
North east hurricane could cost $65 billion
A north east hurricane hitting New York State could result in insured losses of $65 billion, Lloyd's America President Wendy Baker has warned.
