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Conduit Re names William Randolph as chief risk officer

AI unlikely to replace physical-based flood models, says Fathom co-founder

Nevertheless, Fathom contributes to AI tool for visualising future flood events

Swiss Re acquires flood risk modelling firm Fathom

Reinsurer says deal will help address growing flood risks

Herd mentality is stopping industry progressing, warn insurers

Insurers need to "get hands dirty" on cyber and other new, more complex risks

Reask and Fathom offer combined wind and flood risk models

Firms say partnership is driven by demand for better risk data and models

Conduit Re: starting up in shutdown

Bermuda's fledgling reinsurer, Conduit Re, raised a staggering $1bn in the midst of the pandemic and has readied itself to enter the market this year. Sarfraz Thind speaks to CRO Andrew Smith about how a slick little insurer got off the ground

Three emerging risks for the 2020s

Andrew Smith, chief risk officer at Qatar Re, discusses three less-discussed risks for insurers that are set to emerge over the next decade

Fathom updates US flood model

Model is available via the ModEx cat modelling platform

Andrew Smith questions longevity hedge in equity-release mortgages

Paper on ERMs to be presented to Society of Actuaries in Ireland today

Scientists hit out at US flood risk model attempts

Academics call for research into links to global warming