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Old Mutual Insure and JBA seal flood data deal

North-East US flooding to cause up to $5bn of economic damage

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

South Africa's New National adopts JBA's flood risk data

JBA Risk Management offers global climate change flood models

The tools enable re/insurers to include their own data and loss experience

Cost of severe UK flood events could see 42% increase by 2050

JBA Risk Management's findings follow the launch of its latest UK flood model

Chedid Re seals deal to use JBA's global flood model

Cat modellers go physical to understand climate threats

Insurers' modelling of natural catastrophes has predominantly relied on historical data, but this approach is becoming unsuitable as the climate changes. Paul Walsh investigates the new techniques being developed

Cat modellers factor in flood risk from moon wobble

AIR Worldwide and JBA Risk Management say the impact is marginal

Catastrophe modellers are red hot on climate

InsuranceERM's annual roundup of developments among catastrophe modellers and platform providers finds one overwhelming theme: the need to provide insurers with better ways to understand the impact of climate change on risk. Cintia Cheong, Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey and Paul Walsh report