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What Tohoku tells us about Japan earthquake risk

What Tohoku tells us about Japan earthquake risk

The 11 March 2011 M9.0 Tohoku earthquake changed the seismic risk landscape of Japan. As the anniversary of this terrible disaster approaches, AIR Worldwide has published a paper, summarised here, discussing the effects that stress transfer may have on future rupture probabilities

What to expect from cat modellers this year

What to expect from cat modellers this year

No surprises would be good after the model controversies of the past year. Lorna Davies provides a guide to the modelling firms' plans including a new 70-model platform and Australian bushfire and Asian typhoon models

Four-fifths of insurers in Bermuda use more than one cat model

A report from the BMA provides detailed insights into the catastrophe modelling practices of the larger re/insurers in Bermuda, including their use of vendor and in-house models and their accumulation methodology and practices

Certainty, proportionality, common sense: what the industry craves from regulators in 2012

Certainty, proportionality, common sense: what the industry craves from regulators in 2012

Leading CROs and consultants give their views on how regulators and politicians may handle outstanding Solvency II implementation issues this year; on business strategy in response to this; and on the outlook for natural catastrophes. Here is a compilation of responses to the questions InsuranceERM asked experts just before Christmas

Cat model guidelines are not "another regulatory burden"

Last week's publication by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) of guidelines on industry good practice for cat models continues to attract comment, the latest from Willis Re, one of the collaborators on the paper

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