Natural catastrophes : technical report
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<abstract>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 1970-2000</abstract>
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<text>Vol. 32, nº 1, April 2001 ; p. 13-20</text>
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