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Information on insurance catastrophe losses in the USA - claims data, etc.

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1998 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [17332] 1998 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

1999 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [17331] 1999 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2000 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31794] 2000 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2001 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31793] 2001 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2002 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31792] 2002 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2003 Catastrophe Losses [25190] 2003 Catastrophe Losses : Resource Info
By order of magnitude, the US experienced seven (7) of the top ten (10) insured losses

2003 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31791] 2003 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2004 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31790] 2004 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2005 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31789] 2005 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

2006 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters [31788] 2006 Natural Catastrophes and Man-Made Disasters : Resource Info
A summary of the insured losses for the year

AIR Catastrophe Modeling [12471] AIR Catastrophe Modeling : Resource Info
Series of articles related to catastrophe models

Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast [18572] Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast : Resource Info
Complete hurricane forecasts and related research

Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters [2918] Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters : Resource Info
Description and reports on billion dollar disasters in the United States

Catastrophe Bond Basics [29177] Catastrophe Bond Basics : Resource Info
Also known as cat bonds

Catastrophe Guide - Insurance [pdf] [12918] Catastrophe Guide - Insurance : Resource Info
Designed for insurance agents to assist their clients when insuring for catastrophes

Catastrophe Modeling [20932] Catastrophe Modeling : Resource Info
Attempts to define the risks involved in terms of mathematical probabilities

Catastrophe Modeling [29178] Catastrophe Modeling : Resource Info
Refers to the use of computers to estimate losses caused by disasters

Catastrophes: Insurance Issues [9200] Catastrophes: Insurance Issues : Resource Info
Key facts, current developments and background about insurance and catastrophes

Catastrophic Loss Model Considerations [28707] Catastrophic Loss Model Considerations : Resource Info
Discussion of a real estate assessment percentage for those properties subject to catastrophic loss by wind or water

Updated CATWeek [28953] CATWeek : Resource Info
A review of natural catastrophes and the related insurance industry issues in USA

Climate Change and the Insurance Industry [21786] Climate Change and the Insurance Industry : Resource Info
Opportunities and risks of climate change

Commercial Lines Insurance Disaster Statistics [11658] Commercial Lines Insurance Disaster Statistics : Resource Info
Series of charts listing disasters and their commercial insurance costs in the USA & worldwide

Declared Federal Disasters by Year or State [11019] Declared Federal Disasters by Year or State : Resource Info
Information on disasters by state

Defining the Characteristics of a PML Study [30162] Defining the Characteristics of a PML Study : Resource Info
A seismic/extreme wind risk assessment requires an understanding of how the risk assessment and loss data will be used

Design Team Communication Helps Minimize Natural Hazard Loss [30113] Design Team Communication Helps Minimize Natural Hazard Loss : Resource Info
How project design team communicates throughout design process is often ignored in discussions of natural hazard loss

Drawing Louisiana's New Map [28475] Drawing Louisiana
Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana (2006)

Earthquake Performance of Nonstructural Components [24402] Earthquake Performance of Nonstructural Components : Resource Info
The importance of properly designing, constructing, and installing nonstructural components in order to reduce losses

Earthquake Risk [4611] Earthquake Risk : Resource Info
New models in earthquake probability assessment

Estimating Earthquake Loss in the Midwest [22084] Estimating Earthquake Loss in the Midwest : Resource Info
Estimates put damaging earthquake probability at 40% in the Midwest in the next 50 years

Extreme Weather Sourcebook [18484] Extreme Weather Sourcebook : Resource Info
Economic and Other Societal Impacts Related to US Weather Phenomena

Federal Disaster Declarations [27940] Federal Disaster Declarations : Resource Info
Current federally declared disasters

Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain [28474] Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain : Resource Info
With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California (2005)

Gauging the Weather [24150] Gauging the Weather : Resource Info
Will advances in meteorology affect insurance pricing?

HAZUS-MH Loss Estimation Software [16797] HAZUS-MH Loss Estimation Software : Resource Info
Risk assessment software program for analyzing potential losses from floods, hurricane winds and earthquakes

Hurricane and Windstorm Deductibles [21764] Hurricane and Windstorm Deductibles : Resource Info
Insurance policies with percentage deductibles for storm damage instead of the traditional dollar deductible

Hurricane Andrew - 10 Years Later [23416] Hurricane Andrew - 10 Years Later : Resource Info
How it left its mark on building codes and the roofing industry

Hurricane Insurance Claims Advice [27839] Hurricane Insurance Claims Advice : Resource Info
The key areas which must be addressed in order to maximize an insurance recovery

Hurricane Katrina: Lessons & Implications for Catastrophe Risk Management [pdf] [31299] Hurricane Katrina: Lessons & Implications for Catastrophe Risk Management : Resource Info
There is much to learn in the wake of this extraordinary catastrophe

Improved Seismic Monitoring [28476] Improved Seismic Monitoring : Resource Info
Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty (2006)

Insights [22094] Insights : Resource Info
Papers and reports from Guy Carpenter's Modeling and Actuarial Services Unit

Insurers Hedging Climate Change [pdf] [29117] Insurers Hedging Climate Change : Resource Info
How insurers can manage the risk of increasing natural catastrophes

Updated ISO Catastrophe Risk and Reporting [23052] ISO Catastrophe Risk and Reporting : Resource Info
Resources related to the cost of catastrophes in the USA

Landslides & Insurance [24662] Landslides & Insurance : Resource Info
Answers on buying, building, insurance, drainage, bulkheads and more

Lessons Learned Between Hurricanes [4936] Lessons Learned Between Hurricanes : Resource Info
From Hugo to Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne

Lloyd's Catastrophe Codes [7853] Lloyd
Lloyd's assigns a catastrophe code to each incident

Managing Catastrophic Risks [10527] Managing Catastrophic Risks : Resource Info
Working papers on the management of catastrophic risk

Managing Extreme Wind Losses [25665] Managing Extreme Wind Losses : Resource Info
Damage losses to wind storms greatly exceed the losses from all other catastrophes

Managing Natural Disaster Risk [28667] Managing Natural Disaster Risk : Resource Info
What role should the federal government play in managing natural disaster risk?

Updated Minimizing Risks for Global Catastrophes [20925] Minimizing Risks for Global Catastrophes : Resource Info
Multinational businesses face serious challenges when managing catastrophe risk

Updated Natural Catastrophes - Large Loss Fact Files [14044] Natural Catastrophes - Large Loss Fact Files : Resource Info
Facts and figures about large events in the past

Updated Natural Catastrophes in Reinsurance [25251] Natural Catastrophes in Reinsurance : Resource Info
From a reinsurer's perspective - a series of articles

Updated Natural Hazard Reinsurance [pdf] [20933] Natural Hazard Reinsurance : Resource Info
Characteristics of natural hazard insurance

NY-New York Insurance Disaster Information for Insurers [27879] NY-New York Insurance Disaster Information for Insurers : Resource Info
Circular letters and references on the topic

Optimizing the Management of Earthquake Exposure [21963] Optimizing the Management of Earthquake Exposure : Resource Info
In the past, most companies have concentrated their efforts on controlling their overall accumulations

Pandemic Preparedness - Risk Management [pdf] [31958] Pandemic Preparedness - Risk Management : Resource Info
Avian flu continuity planning advice

Performance Based Seismic Design [24405] Performance Based Seismic Design : Resource Info
Building code based seismic design has the following characteristics

Protecting America [31308] Protecting America : Resource Info
A business coalition focused on creating a system to prepare for and recover from the economic impact of catastrophes

Quantifying Damages After a Catastrophe [pdf] [31305] Quantifying Damages After a Catastrophe : Resource Info
A methodology to properly quantify and prepare claims

Quantifying the Risk for Progressive Collapse in New and Existing Buildings [24403] Quantifying the Risk for Progressive Collapse in New and Existing Buildings : Resource Info
There are several fundamental issues to consider relative to progressive collapse

Rocky Mountain Catastrophes [21741] Rocky Mountain Catastrophes : Resource Info
Wildfire insurance costs estimates, etc.

Rolling the Dice on Catastrophe [31826] Rolling the Dice on Catastrophe : Resource Info
The buyer of a catastrophe bond is effectively selling catastrophe insurance

Ten Most Costly US Catastrophes [25189] Ten Most Costly US Catastrophes : Resource Info
As of March 2004

Understanding the Language of Seismic Risk Analysis [24404] Understanding the Language of Seismic Risk Analysis : Resource Info
Discussion of the definition of terms and usage relative to seismic risk analysis




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