All Editorial articles – Page 94
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Aon warns of claims ‘perfect storm’
New liabilities, increasing legal costs and more fraudulent claims will make life tough for business in 2009
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Online onlyBuncefield final report published
Industry needs to continue to apply improvements, say regulators
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AIG awarded $85m from Bank of America
Damages stem from allegations of fraud in a 1998 securities sale
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Online onlyLending markets are healthy: Celent
Popular beliefs about the credit crisis, like that bank lending has frozen solid, are incorrect, according to new analysis
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Catastrophe RiskDisasters bulletin: 26 July to 25 October 2008
By Professor Bill McGuire of Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre
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Features
Converting knowledge into action
Anselm Smolka was one of the few geoscientists in the insurance sector when he joined Munich Re Group. Today he is head of Geo Risks, corporate underwriting for the group. He tells Catastrophe Risk Management about his work. By Lee Coppack
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FeaturesWinds of change for agricultural risks
Changing climate and commodity price trends are steering agricultural risk in a new direction. The result is a rethink of exposure, products and product design. By Thomas Heintz
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Catastrophe RiskCalifornia earthquake animations online
3-D animations of California earthquakes are available from US Geological Survey
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FeaturesWhy the next big northeast hurricane will surprise
A repeat of the 1938 New England Hurricane could cause losses as large as Hurricane Katrina in 2005. By Karen Clark
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Features
Calculating the risk of terrorism
An investment in basic research on terrorism will be paid back many times, as a better knowledge of threats will make risk calculation more of a science than an art. By Professor Alex Schmid
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Catastrophe Risk
Cat modelling event
Cat Modelling in Uncertain Times to be held on 17-20 February 2009
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Catastrophe Risk
Pricing catastrophe risks – new quantitative paper
Market-based catastrophe risk price found to be 2.69 times the expected loss over the long term
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Features
Catastrophe risk management using multiple models
While catastrophe models follow a similar overall approach to risk assessment, there can be wide variations in results, leaving users to question which is the most appropriate. By Atul Khanduri
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Catastrophe Risk
Estimating New Madrid devastation
A big earthquake in the region could lead to the highest losses from a natural disaster in the US
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Catastrophe RiskMore weather insurance schemes for farmers
The use of weather insurance is spreading
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Features
Seeing risk: Floods
The 2007 UK summer floods pushed flooding up the agenda for politicians and businesses alike. A year and a half later topographical maps and modelling technologies have improved to give us better tools to manage the risks. By Justin Butler
