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Climate change makes California catastrophic flood twice as likely

ABI chair and former MP join UK's pandemic risk pool initiative

Pandemic Re Steering Committee forms six working groups

Impact Forecasting eases access to third-party cat models

Releases version 10 of cat modelling platform, Elements

Willis Re launches Japan tsunami model

Incorporates data from 2011 disaster

Oasis: a threat or a complement to the cat model giants?

A new open-source loss modelling framework, Oasis, is threatening to shake up the catastophe modelling establishment. Jamie Bullen asks insurers, scientists and cat modellers how they see it developing

Oasis launches open source cat modelling software

Framework is backed by 21 re/insurers and brokers

Cat modellers set out their platforms

For Eqecat, AIR and RMS, the future is platforms and the promise to give clients more model transparency and control. Open-architecture initiatives such as Oasis are also gearing up. Lorna Davies details the developments

Oasis roll-out gathers pace

Cat model framework looking for four more players to sign up