Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Catastrophes : the new math

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Catastrophes : the new math / Brendan Noonan

Sumario: Insurance companies started estimating their total losses almost before the wind stopped howling, but the following months brought revision upon revision. Always upward the numbers grew, defying what the actuaries said should happen. Blowing past every other catastrophe on record, Andrew hit some critical mass at which the enormity of the destruction assured a continued escalation of damage long after the storm had passed. Catastrophes of Andrew's magnitude existed only in computer scenarios proved a poor substitude for the genuine article

En: Best's review. - Oldwick, New Jersey. - Vol. 94 nº 4, August 1993 ; 4 p.

1. Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios . 2. Catástrofes naturales . 3. Huracán Andrew . 4. Matemática del seguro . 5. Métodos actuariales . 6. Modelos matemáticos . I. Título. II. Título: Best's review.