Archive

  • MetaRisk upgraded to allow cat model blending

    05 November 2013

    Guy Carpenter launches version 7.2 of risk and capital management software

  • Will RMS(one) be the one?

    01 November 2013

    The one system to manage all cat exposures and risks, that is. Early testers are enthusiastic, but RMS's claims for its new platform will take some time to assess, and the cost of using it could be a hindrance. Christopher Cundy reports

  • "Be prepared to discuss model risk with investors"

    30 October 2013

    Kiln CRO Andrew Hitchcox says trend of demands for increased disclosure is inevitable

  • Technology Guide 2013-14: vendors react to Solvency II delays

    29 October 2013

    Both users and vendors of risk management systems have faced difficult decisions as a result of the further delay in Solvency II implementation. We look at the opportunities and problems created by this and issues such as: do faster systems have to be more complex, as well as more expensive, and will vendors offer more transparency into their models?

  • Low-cost modelling platform claims "ground breaking" computation speeds

    24 October 2013

    Marriott Sinclair's Tyche takes advantage of parallel processing

  • Conning updates risk management software

    18 October 2013

    Version 6.1 has enhancements for Asian users

  • The technologies reshaping insurance

    18 October 2013

    The insurance industry doesn't often evoke science fiction. But recent technological advances have been so drastic they could have leapt from the pages of Isaac Asimov. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Aon develops Colorado flood model

    17 October 2013

    Scenario model quantifies potential for flood losses in the US state

  • Montpelier Re to research alternatives to traditional cat models

    14 October 2013

    Bermudian reinsurer sets up risk institute with Canadian and European academics

  • Understand, don't blend, cat models

    11 October 2013

    The changes afoot in insurance markets make an "own view of risk" essential to the future of today's firms – and the best approach is not through blending of catastrophe models, argues Mike Duffy