Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Natural catastrophes : technical report

Notes: Insurers and risk managers can minimise earthquake and windstorm damage by insisting on construction to buildings codes, say Peter Yanev and Donald Ballantyne. Table: tale of woe - recent earthquakes -- Robert Muir-Wood describes the thinking behind Munich Re's record securisation of "super-catastrophe" risks -- David Simmons says that the storm prediction consortium TropicalStormRisk can generate real business benefits for (re)insurers. Figures: TSR seasonal Atlantic hurricane hindcast skill over one year, 1986-2000; North-west Pacific storm activity - 2000; Storm ladfalls in Japan - 2000 -- Janina Clark reviews the conclusions of two new catastrohe studies, tables: most costly insurance losses - 2000, catastrophic events 1970-2000, insured losses 1970-2000Related records: En: Reinsurance. - London. - Vol. 32, nº 1, April 2001 ; p. 13-20Materia / lugar / evento: MAPFRE RE, Compañía de Reaseguros S.A. MAPFRE América Catástrofes naturales Terremotos Siniestralidad Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios Estadísticas Gerencia de riesgos Other categories: 328.1