The Lloyd’s legacy business has been placed up for sale, along with other units....
ILS firms pragmatic on the efficacy of natural catastrophe models
“All models are wrong, but some are useful,” said the late British statistician George Box. The World War II veteran...
“All models are wrong, but some are useful,” said the late British statistician George Box. The World War II veteran...
Article / 2 years ago
ILS market should seize opportunity within climate-change debate: panel
The 2021 catastrophe losses of Ida, Bernd and Uri have highlighted the importance of modelling for secondary perils...
The 2021 catastrophe losses of Ida, Bernd and Uri have highlighted the importance of modelling for secondary perils...
Article / 3 years ago
BMS Re appoints Guy Carpenter’s Christian as VP catastrophe analytics
BMS Re has today announced the appointment of Guy Carpenter’s former senior vice president catastrophe team...
BMS Re has today announced the appointment of Guy Carpenter’s former senior vice president catastrophe team...
Article / 3 years ago
Elsa highlights risk to Florida and East Coast from 2021 wind season: BMS
Florida and the east coast are likely to be the areas at greatest risk for US landfalling storm activity this hurricane season...
Florida and the east coast are likely to be the areas at greatest risk for US landfalling storm activity this hurricane season...
Article / 3 years ago
Climate change modelling: Benchmarking now and to 2050
ILS managers have admitted having a challenge on their hands in finding the best methods to reflect climate change in their predictions and pricing...
ILS managers have admitted having a challenge on their hands in finding the best methods to reflect climate change in their predictions and pricing...
Article / 3 years ago
Major flaws in Enhanced Fujita tornado rating system, expert warns
The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale for rating tornado intensity has “major flaws” when measuring the speed of twisters...
The Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale for rating tornado intensity has “major flaws” when measuring the speed of twisters...
Article / 3 years ago
Zeng: secondary peril miscalculations reflect over-reliance on models
Integral ILS co-founder Lixin Zeng today said that over-reliance on vendor models of risk was the reason why many carriers have...
Integral ILS co-founder Lixin Zeng today said that over-reliance on vendor models of risk was the reason why many carriers have...
Article / 3 years ago
MetSwift joins growing number of analysts predicting above-average hurricane season
MetSwift has joined other forecasters in predicting an above-average peak hurricane season for 2021...
MetSwift has joined other forecasters in predicting an above-average peak hurricane season for 2021...
Article / 3 years ago
AIR prediction of 20% growth in hurricane damage ‘implausible’: CFAN
A prediction made by modeller AIR that hurricane damage in the US could increase by 20% by 2050...
A prediction made by modeller AIR that hurricane damage in the US could increase by 20% by 2050...
Article / 3 years ago