Archive

• Cat modellers set out their platforms

  26 February 2013

  For Eqecat, AIR and RMS, the future is platforms and the promise to give clients more model transparency and control. Open-architecture initiatives such as Oasis are also gearing up. Lorna Davies details the developments

• From the Talmud and Markowitz to a holistic picture of risk

  10 January 2013

  Systems thinking helps risk modellers develop a more dynamic, responsive analysis of complex systems. Matt Cocke and Richard See-Toh track developments from 4 BC to today's ERM approach

• Predictive modelling needs man and machine to co-exist

  21 August 2012

  Predictive models used by insurers to manage risk and capital and support pricing could become automated, commodity items. But human judgement and overall method will remain the keys to refining models in the future, according to Duncan Anderson