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FeaturesStrategic planning to reduce flood impact across Europe
On 26 November 2007, the new European Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks entered into force. For the first time, EU legislation requires its members to plan strategically to reduce the adverse consequences of flood events on human health, economic activities, the environment and cultural heritage. ...
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Catastrophe RiskDisasters bulletin: 7 March to 25 July 2008
By Professor Bill McGuire of Benfield – UCL Hazard Research Centre
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Online onlyApex Oil ordered to perform $150m cleanup
Company must remove soil and groundwater pollution from Hartford refinery
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Online onlyFirms complacent when it comes to fire safety
NURS says only 47% of small businesses may have knowledge of fire safety rules
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Soft market gaining momentum, says society survey
Property premiums post largest quarterly decrease since Hurricane Katrina
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Catastrophe Risk
Catastrophe modelling from a European perspective
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) and International Underwriting Association (IUA) will again host the conference in London
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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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Online onlyClimate change goals are achievable: OECD
Research shows that it would cost around 1% of growth to implement policies that can cut key air pollutants by about a third
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Online onlyWorld Bank launches new cat loan
New loan facility for natural catastrophes approved for middle-income countries
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Online onlyDisaster resistant home completed in Seattle
A recently completed home located in Washington state claims to be the first disaster resistant home built in the Northwest
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Online onlyLas Vegas hotel fire forces evacuation
A fire on the roof of the Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas forces the evacuation of 3,000 guests
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Catastrophe RiskDisasters bulletin: 7 August - 19 November 2007
By Professor Bill McGuire of Benfield - UCL Hazard Research Centre
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FeaturesManaging new risks
Which emerging risks do companies think are important? And are they doing anything about them? Nathan Skinner analyses the results of our readership survey.
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Features
From Chaos Theory to Commodities
Isla Gilmour is a meteorologist who advises commodities traders on the impact of weather on their business. She talks to Catastrophe Risk Management about how science supports this important market. By Lee Coppack
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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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FeaturesGetting a Handle on Cargo
Cargo accumulations. Hard to understand. Harder still to quantify. Until now. By Herbie Lloyd
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AnalysisHow prepared are you?
Increasingly businesses are seeing the value in BCM but what impact will another standard have on risk management within the UK
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Online onlyUK business better prepared for disaster: Study
BSI British Standards finds that 81% of FTSE companies could last one week before feeling serious detrimental effects following a disaster
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Marsh issues advice on Suffolk bird flu outbreak
Currently H5N1 is not in itself a business threat except to the poultry industry, says broker
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Online onlySafeco expects $35m in California wildfire losses
The estimated loss includes $5m in commercial property claims
