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AIR Releases Terrorism Loss Estimation Model
Sep 4 2002 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide, which is now a subsidiary group within the ISO, announced the release of the “AIR Terrorism Loss Estimation Model.” “The new catastrophe model, the first commercially available...
Weiss Ratings Says Domestic Insurers Report Net Claims of $8.5 Billion from Sept. 11 Attacks
Sep 4 2002 // The nation’s property and casualty insurers reported $8.47 billion in net claims (1) arising from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to research by Weiss Ratings Inc. Two groups of insurance companies,...
At Least 50 Die as Typhoon Ravages So. Korea
Sep 2 2002 // Typhoon Rusa battered the So. Korean peninsula over the weekend with 130 mph winds and torrential rains, leaving at least 50 persons dead and many more missing, in what authorities described as the most severe storm in 40...
Sept. 11 Revisited: The Future of the Industry
Sep 2 2002 // When the nation awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, little did it know that the events over the next few hours would change its lives forever. Not only were there thousands of lives lost and injured, but many more...
Exclusions Persist as Congress Debates Federal Terrorism Backstop Legislation
Sep 2 2002 // Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the...
Adjusting Our Focus
Sep 2 2002 // It was a beautiful fall morning. I had been running late, and then had gotten lost in the rolling hills of Northern New Jersey on the way to a meeting, but the cool breeze brushed away my concerns. The meeting was a...
Adjusting Our Focus
Sep 2 2002 // It was a beautiful fall morning. I had been running late that morning and then had gotten lost in the rolling hills of Northern New Jersey on the way to a meeting, but the cool breeze brushed away my concern at being late....
A Year Later, Industry Takes Stock of Itself
Sep 2 2002 // When the nation awoke on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, little did it know that the events over the next few hours would change its lives forever. Not only were there thousands of lives lost and injured, but many more...
Exclusions Persist as Congress Debates Federal Terrorism Backstop Legislation
Sep 2 2002 // Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the...
NAMIC Responds to CFA Study
Aug 23 2002 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) issued a response Aug. 22 to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) study, “How the Lack of Federal Back Up for Terrorism Insurance Has Affected...
RMS Expands Geographical Coverage of Catastrophe Models
Aug 23 2002 // California-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has expanded its catastrophe modeling capabilities to include windstorm risk in Ireland and Sweden, and earthquake risk in Turkey and the Philippines. The expansion brings...
AAI Rebuts WSJ Commentary Questioning Need for Federal Terrorism Backstop
Aug 20 2002 // David Farmer, senior vice president of federal affairs for the Alliance of American Insurers, has sent a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal. In it, he rebuts a commentary the newspaper published by Holman W....
CDS Makes Wildfire Hazard Model Available for Calif.
Aug 19 2002 // CDS Business Mapping, a source for online hazard mapping, has launched its Wildfire Hazard Model for California. The new service allows property insurers to perform brushfire lookups quickly and accurately, saving time and...
Miami Hurricane Damage Could Cost $80B
Aug 19 2002 // A direct hit on downtown Miami by the most powerful type of hurricane could cause $80 billion in damage, far exceeding that of Hurricane Andrew, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, an insurance industry group...
Study Says Terrorism, Pricing and Capacity are Major Industry Challenges
Aug 16 2002 // A new study released by National Marketing Services finds that executives of major reinsurers and carriers believe terrorism, pricing and capacity are the major challenges currently facing the industry. The new study,...
I.I.I. Says 10 Years Later, Business Still Ill-Prepared for Hurricane
Aug 15 2002 // Mitigation efforts to reduce property damage, death, injuries and economic loss from the next Hurricane Andrew have been effective where applied, but their use has been spotty and in some cases their benefit diminished by...
CLASIC/2™
Aug 5 2002 // AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR), a technological provider in catastrophe modeling and weather risk management, announced the latest release of CLASIC/2™. CLASIC/2, an interactive desktop system for the assessment and...
Risk Retention-The Growing Role of the Alternative Market
Aug 5 2002 // How do I insure thee? Let me count the ways.” With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, that question’s become increasingly meaningful for risk managers, insurers, agents, brokers, consultants and...
Disparities Between House, Senate Bills Hold Up Terrorism Backstop
Aug 5 2002 // The U.S. insurance industry must have breathed a collective sigh of relief recently, when the Senate approved terrorism insurance backstop legislation after months of debate and delay. But now legislators must reconcile...
Alternative Markets Offer a Variety of Risk Management Options
Aug 5 2002 // How do I insure thee? Let me count the ways.” With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, that question’s become increasingly meaningful for risk managers, insurers, agents, brokers, consultants and...
