European Flood and Climate Change: Examining the Potential Impact on Insured Losses
The latest scientific research suggests that flooding in Europe could increase substantially...
- RMS / Article / 1 month ago
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Earthquake Insurance: Should California Be More Like New Zealand?
California has eight-times the population of New Zealand (40 million compared to 5 million), and more than ten times the Gross Domestic Product...
- RMS / Article / 2 months ago
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Examining the European Windstorm Outlook This Winter
The 2020–21 European windstorm season kicked off with Storm Alex in early October as a microcosm of this century so far, promising great winds then delivering a lot of water....
- RMS / Article / 3 months ago
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In the midst of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Pete Dailey, vice president at RMS compares and contrasts 2005, perhaps the most memorable Atlantic season in recorded history, to 2020...
- RMS / Article / 4 months ago
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Reassessing typhoon risk in Japan - The Insurer
Recent typhoon activity in June has been a wake-up call for the (re)insurance industry. RMS' Margaret Joseph discusses some key learnings from the 2018-19 events...
- RMS / Article / 5 months ago
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RMS Estimates that Insured Losses from Hurricane Isaias Will Be Between US$3bn – US$5bn
RMS estimates that total insured losses from Hurricane Isaias will be between US$3.0 and US$5.0 billion. The estimate includes estimated losses to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which RMS expects to be between US$400m and US$700m...
New Zealand Earthquake: How the Last Decade Has Changed Everything
Go back to this time 10 years ago and earthquake risk in New Zealand was a relatively low priority for the global (re)insurance industry; a decade later, and this perspective has...
- RMS / Article / 9 months ago
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Severe Convective Storms in Europe: Ancient Threat, New Solution
As summertime approaches here in Europe, so does the peak season across the continent for hail, straight-line winds, and even tornadoes (collectively known as severe convective storms)...
- RMS / Article / 9 months ago
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Update on Multidecadal Variability of European Windstorms
At this moment, you might expect a blog about European windstorms to be about recent Storms Ciara-Sabine, Dennis and Jorge causing wind and flood losses of a...
- RMS / Article / 11 months ago
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