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Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Forecasting Disaster Benfield, a London-based reinsurance and risk intermediary, in partnership with Tropical Storm Risk, an independent research organization, developed ReMetrica, a new modeling methodology to help carriers with investments affected by the weather in the U.S. manage risk effectively.   |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Eye of the Storm Insurers that implement processes and technologies for accurately assessing data and measuring risk across business lines and geographies before disaster strikes will weather the storm. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Some Insurance Companies Feel Underinsured Homeowners: heads-up -- some insurers are ceasing to insure against certain calamities. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Adam Aston |
The Worst Isn't Over Smarter science is helping companies and insurers plan for hurricanes. The bad news: This year could be another doozy. |
Reason
May 2007
Jacob Sullum |
Hurricanes Happen Insurance price controls in Florida: The state legislature is ordering insurance companies to charge less for homeowner's policies. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2005
Bill Mann |
Insurance Disaster Scenario: Meet Stan Insurance companies that made it through the storm of the century intact might not survive a second blow. It's one area of investment where gambling on marginal players carries substantially higher levels of risk. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Richard J. Murnane |
Science, Catastrophe Risk Models and Insurance An appreciation of how scientific research is used in the insurance industry's catastrophe risk models provides some insight on the relationship between geoscience and insurance. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
You're Not Insured for These Calamities Don't assume your home insurance protects against these disasters. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Not Risking It The availability of catastrophe models generated overconfidence among insurers, which, after the past hurricane season, are realizing the technology's limitations. However, insurers will still continue to rely on cat modeling to reduce risk exposure. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2004
Bill Mann |
Frances to Hit Hartford Frances is a big storm, very dangerous in Florida. It might be just as dangerous in the traditional home of the insurance industry, Hartford. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Global Warming Burning Investors? The insurance industry and others may face some hot water ahead. Bigger storms are a big deal for insurance companies, especially those that "reinsure" other insurance companies against massive losses. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Insurers Eye Ivan the Terrible How will companies and investors fare if the storm spawns moderate damage? |
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Tracking Super Cats The devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina will prompt more insurers to work with super catastrophe, or Super Cat, modeling. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Flagstone Reinsurance Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of insurer Flagstone Reinsurance were quaking today, losing as much as 11% after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a huge tsunami hit Japan. |
Insurance & Technology
January 14, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Pacific Northwest Storm Challenges Insurers The geographical breadth of December 2007's Pacific Northwest storm challenged insurers' catastrophe management teams to anticipate claimants' needs. |
Science News
July 31, 2004 |
Hurricane Season The U.S. Geological Survey offers a Web site devoted to the impact of hurricanes and extreme storms on coastal regions of the United States. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Stormy Weather Hurricane Dennis provoked an early debut of technologically driven tools and strategies demonstrating the evolution of CAT-related solutions, or simply representing such technology's increasing availability. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Aaron Pressman |
An Unbreached Financial Levee Hurricane Katrina wasn't powerful enough to trigger losses in catastrophe bonds. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Laura Stafford |
New Seasonal Hurricane Prediction Scientists are proposing a new method for assessing the probability of a "good" or "bad" hurricane season, which could give insurance companies the ability to plan in advance what sort of protection they may need for their clients. |
This Old House
David Dobbs |
Weathering the Storm Ask these questions to choose the right catastrophe insurance. |
Insurance & Technology
September 1, 2008
Katherine Burger |
Heeding the Lessons of Katrina, Insurance Companies -- and Other Institutions -- Improve Catastrophe Response The responses to Hurricanes Fay and Gustav shows that much has been learned in the three years since Hurricane Katrina. But are carriers as insightful about the symbolic implications of these storms? |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2006
Buz Livingston |
Berkshire Thankful to Mother Nature Berkshire's pricing, along with the dearth of reinsurance, has spurred rapid growth in the "catastrophe bond" market. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Maria Woehr |
The Big (Not So) Easy The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee has approved legislation that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America fears could raise rates for consumers and drive insurers that still are dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina from the Louisiana market. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Worst Storm in a Decade Brings Widespread Destruction and Tests Insurers' Resources A mid-December storm brings catastrophe to the Pacific Northwest, resulting in an intensive test of claims-adjusting resources to the region. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2007
Emil Lee |
Disaster Preparedness: Are Insurers Ready for the Big One? With private insurers withdrawing from the coastal areas, leaving the taxpayers holding the bag, one wonders: What should investors do if the big one does hit? |
Insurance & Technology
April 6, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Cover Your Assets Insurers must focus on internal risk management rather than depend on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which is set to expire in two years, to mitigate losses from a terrorist attack, according to Risk Management Solutions. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Coy & Aston |
Hurricane Ahead, But Lower Insurance Why the price of property coverage is going down in the face of dire predictions. |
Seasoned Cooking
February 2005
Michael Fick |
Beating Winter Health Hazards Winter offers health hazards everywhere. Here are some tips to make your winter easier wherever you live, be it north, south, east or west. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Here We Go Again This year's hurricane season could all end up being much ado about nothing, but it also could turn out to be the proverbial worst-case scenario, and of course, the insurance industry has to prepare for the worst. |
Insurance & Technology
October 12, 2004
Wendy Toth |
Hurricane Warfare Insurers find a variety of ways to leverage technology to help claimants recover from the onslaught of ferocious storms. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Sara Pratt |
9/11 Clears Skies for Climate Studies The dust and sand storms that have plagued Asia for millennia are becoming more frequent and intense, with some areas experiencing a fivefold increase in the last 50 years. |
AskMen.com
Sachin Bhola |
How To Survive The Winter In Style We decided to stop some men on the street -- men who are proof positive that you don't have to compromise style even in the harshest weather. Here are their tips for pulling it off. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
An Insurance Storm One month into hurricane season, commercial property owners along the Gulf and Florida coasts are coming to grips with the jaw-dropping costs of insuring against future hurricanes. |
PC Magazine
November 1, 2006 |
Her System Freezes Up Storing a PC in extremely cold environments. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 1, 2003
Seaburg & Paterson |
Frederic Tudor, the Ice King Frederic Tudor had a bold idea: Cut winter ice from the ponds of New England and transport it by ship for sale in far away lands including India and Singapore. Stranger still, it worked. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Can Stocks Weather the Storms? Katrina leaves behind short-term investment winners. But how much battering can a company take? |
This Old House
Roger Cook |
Fall Yard Chores Cleaning up your yard before winter blows in. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2005
Mann & Hanson |
Prepare for Your Insurance to Triple Money is difficult to talk about in the wake of a disaster, but insurance companies aren't evil for not wanting to pay more than their fair share. Any attempt to make them pay for damages for which they're not contracted will have disastrous consequences. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Roof Collapses on Housing Sales and prices of new single-family housing fall; is bad weather to blame? |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Arch Capital Shows Its Stuff The benefits of management discipline come to light when big storms hit. With that in mind, Bermuda-based reinsurer Arch Capital showed the virtues of its management this quarter. Investors, take note. |
CRM
January 2013
Leonard Klie |
Sandy Put Service to the Test Insurers turned to mobile and social technologies to respond to the October superstorm. |
