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Europe Flood Risk: A New Growth Opportunity for the Industry
Flood events are not restricted by geopolitical borders. In a landmass with multiple adjacent countries such as Europe, flood risk can have a wide-reaching impact on both business and ...
Louisiana’s Affected Storm Areas Have Low Flood Insurance Penetration: RMS
It's bad enough that the heavy rainfall and massive flooding that began in Louisiana on Aug. 12 has damaged more than 50,000 homes. There's also this: A relatively small amount of businesses and ...
6 U.S. Ports Are at Greatest Global Risk for High Natural Catastrophe Losses
Six U.S. ports are among 10 globally at biggest risk of high insurance losses stemming from earthquake, wind and storm-surge catastrophes, according to a new RMS analysis. The California-based ...
How U.S. Inland Flood Became a ‘Peak’ Peril
Flood is the most pervasive and frequent peril in the U.S. Yet, despite having the world's highest non-life premium volume and one of the highest insurance penetration rates, a significant protection ...
RMS Version 16.0 Includes Updates for Terrorism, Europe Windstorm Clustering
Global catastrophe risk management firm RMS has released version 16.0 of its catastrophe modeling platform, which includes updates to both the Europe Windstorm Clustering Model and Terrorism Modeling ...
RMS: $77B of San Francisco Property at Risk From Sea-Level Rise by 2100
By the year 2100, up to $77 billion of property in San Francisco will be at risk from sea-level rise, according to an analysis from global catastrophe risk management firm RMS. The analysis found ...
RMS Upgrades Economic Loss Estimates for Japan Quakes
The earthquakes that struck Japan on April 14-15 will cost more in terms of economic losses than previously estimated, though insured losses are much lower, according to the latest RMS estimates. ...
Japan Kumamoto Quakes Caused Billions of Dollars in Economic and Insured Losses
The estimates are early, but economic and insurance losses stemming from the earthquakes that struck Japan on April 14-15 are already in the billions of dollars and rising. Catastrophe modeling firm ...