Archive

  • Oasis: a threat or a complement to the cat model giants?

    21 February 2014

    A new open-source loss modelling framework, Oasis, is threatening to shake up the catastophe modelling establishment. Jamie Bullen asks insurers, scientists and cat modellers how they see it developing

  • Praedicat launches liability risk modelling software

    11 February 2014

    CoMeta models emerging risks to help insurers spot "the next asbestos"

  • Oasis launches open source cat modelling software

    29 January 2014

    Framework is backed by 21 re/insurers and brokers

  • Aegon transfers €1.4bn of longevity risk

    04 December 2013

    Insurer looks to reduce risk from future improvements in Dutch longevity

  • RMS profit margin dips ahead of platform launch

    21 November 2013

    Cat modelling business delivers 32% margin in 2013

  • Typhoon Haiyan's economic impact to outstrip insured loss

    08 November 2013

    Low insurance penetration in the Philippines means insured losses will be low

  • 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

  • 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

  • RMS says new hurricane model lowers view of risk

    31 July 2013

    North Atlantic hurricane model tested with sample of clients

  • RMS cloud will be AIR-less

    21 June 2013

    Catastrophe modelling firms are promising to shift risk management into a higher gear with the launch of their various platforms and RMS has even thrown open its new service to third-party modellers. AIR Worldwide's Bill Churney explains why his firm won't be joining in