Technology/Science
Top Five States Ranked By Insurable Coastal Value: AIR Worldwide
More than $10 trillion is at risk for residential and commerical properties located in the more than 100 coastal counties of 18 states along the Eastern and Gulf coasts, according to a recent report ...
La Niña More Likely Than El Niño in Northern Summer: Forecaster
The U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday predicted that extreme conditions are unlikely through the Northern Hemisphere summer, with the La Niña pattern more likely to develop than its ...
Obama Orders Patent Changes to Combat Abuses
President Barack Obama announced a series of actions aimed at protecting technology, finance and retail companies from lawsuits and demands for fees by businesses that abuse the patent system. The ...
Trillions Of Dollars At Risk In Coastal States: AIR Worldwide, CoreLogic
In separate reports released earlier this week, AIR Worldwide and CoreLogic estimated insured property values in coastal areas of the United States reaching into the trillions of dollars. CoreLogic, ...
FSU Hurricane Forecast Less Than NOAA, But Still Above-Average
Scientists at the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS), who developed a unique computer model for predicting hurricanes, are forecasting a season of ...
European vs. U.S. Hurricane Models: Which Is Better?
When forecasters from the National Weather Service track a hurricane, they use models from several different supercomputers located around the world to create their predictions. Some of those models ...
EQECAT To Share Exposure Data Standard With RMS
Catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT announced that it has finalized an agreement to share exposure data schemas with another major catastrophe-modeling firm, Risk Management Solutions (RMS). The ...