All Features articles – Page 4

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    Hard lessons from windstorms

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    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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    Port security risk management

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    NBC weapons seeping across the US border, and the potentially catastrophic result, represent the ultimate risk for US federal, state and local authorities. By Christopher Rissetto and Jason Matechak

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    Real time mapping

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Drawing on the detailed graphic rendering of programs such as Google Earth, new mapping tools can illustrate property assets at risk in real time. By Andrew Leslie

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    Reflections in New Orleans

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    From a distance the roads look unremarkably. There are few cars, but it is the middle of the day. Closer up there is clearly something wrong.

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    Staying in business after the storm

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    Contingency Costs in Fighting Terrorism

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The costs of a terrorism incident - both in terms of human suffering and monetary loss - are catastrophic. Thwarting a terrorist attack can also be disruptive and expensive for business.

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    Ten Years of Earthquake - Insurance in Japan

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    What role for government?

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    Lloyd's prepares for the worst

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    If the global insurance industry had a mission statement, it should simply say, 'Be prepared'.

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    A Model of Tenacity

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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