Natural Catastrophe Risk
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How Should Man-made Earthquakes be Included in E...
Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas have all experienced unusually large earthquakes in the past few years and more earthquakes over magnitude 3…
Christmas Day Cyclone – Lessons Learned 40 Years...
December 25, 2014 marks 40 years since Cyclone Tracy made landfall early Christmas Day over the coast of Australia, devastating the Northern…
A Decade Later – Reconsidering The Indian Ocean ...
This December marks the 10-year anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, a disaster that killed more than 230,000 people in 14…
4 Facts About California’s “Hellastorm”
California is bracing for a major storm this week. Many schools are closed and residents are hunkering down in preparation for potential…
Risk and the City
I recently presented at a two-day seminar organized by the Geneva Association in collaboration with the XL Group with a key theme of “urban…
Managing Risk 10 Years After the 2004 Indian Oce...
On Sunday, December 26, 2004 at approximately 8 a.m. local time, a massive earthquake occurred along the Indian–Burma plate boundary off the…
