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Dave Ingram urges the sector to utilise crowdsourcing data

Veteran actuary used method to gather Covid-related data in real time during 2020 and 2021

Actuaries warned against automatically opting for most complex model

Model selection must balance predictive power and explicability to colleagues, Reacfin says

Moody's RMS opens the door to open-source cat modelling

The leading catastrophe modelling firm has taken a major step in allowing its users access to third-party models, based on open-source standards, alongside its proprietary offerings. But its embrace of the open-source world is limited, as Christopher Cundy reports

Oasis LMF to host open-source ransomware model

Mitiga Solutions raises €13m to develop physics-based climate risk modelling

Investors in series A include Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund

Eiopa launches free app to help with physical climate risk modelling

Interface to Climada modelling platform will help understanding of climate risk

Inflation risk: not going away, still uncertain

The UK might have passed its peak inflation rate, but that doesn't mean inflation is a historic risk, as Ronan McCaughey reports from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Spring conference

Will AI grow or shrink the insurance market?

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers the opportunity for insurers to cover more risks at a reasonable price, but it also threatens insurability, as Esko Kivisaari discusses with Christopher Cundy

Catastrophe models lead the charge on climate risk integration

Insurers are putting significant effort into understanding how climate affects their business - none more so than in improving their catastrophe models, as Joshua Geer reports

Aviva signs multi-year deal with CyberCube