Flood
Discover the latest commentary on major flood events around the globe plus new insights on flood risk modeling.
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Schrödinger’s Cat Model
Schrödinger’s cat inhabits a thought-experiment designed to reveal the paradox of quantum properties. A hypothetical cat is sealed in a…
Kerala Floods: The Role of Insurance in Building...
In the first twenty days of August, the state of Kerala in southern India received rainfall that was 164 percent above the average. This rain…
Hurricane Lane: An Offshore Threat
All eyes are on Hurricane Lane as it started to make its northerly turn towards the Hawaiian Islands late yesterday (Wednesday, August 22) and…
Japan: Waking Up to Flood Risk
Hemant Nagpal, director, Model Product Management, RMS Manabu Masuda, senior director, Modeling, RMS Junichi Sakai, lead modeler, Model…
Five Reasons to Rethink Hurricane Risk
Challenging conventional thinking pays dividends with regards to assessing hurricane risk. And as the current North Atlantic Hurricane Season…
Catastrophe Modeling: The Third Wave of Disrupti...
Catastrophe models, conceived in the 1970s and created at the end of the 1980s, have proved to be a “disruptive technology” in reshaping the…
