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  • As re/insurers face growing risks, models evolve to meet the challenge

    03 October 2024

    At the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, Robert Muir-Wood discussed how climate change, human interaction, and under-modelled threats are reshaping catastrophe risk management. Joshua Geer reports

  • RVS 2024: Climate change evidence in cat models is subtle

    10 September 2024

    Robert Muir-Wood from Moody's also notes the non-linear nature of climate risks

  • Moody's details the top 10 risks facing insurers

    08 May 2024

    Robert Muir-Wood says risks are affecting all businesses and the business of risk itself

  • Robert Muir-Wood: we need a more scientific approach to climate and catastrophes

    13 September 2022

    RMS's chief research officer says insurers must look more broadly at the risk horizon

  • Catastrophe modellers are red hot on climate

    09 July 2021

    InsuranceERM's annual roundup of developments among catastrophe modellers and platform providers finds one overwhelming theme: the need to provide insurers with better ways to understand the impact of climate change on risk. Cintia Cheong, Christopher Cundy, Ronan McCaughey and Paul Walsh report

  • Catastrophe risk models update 2021: RMS

    11 May 2021

    InsuranceERM rounds up the latest models and updates available for insurers

  • Climate change could drive hurricane losses 24% higher by 2050

    06 May 2021

    RMS adds European flood insured losses could rise 59% by mid-century due to climate risk

  • Ten ways to make pandemic BI cover affordable

    24 March 2021

    RMS's Robert Muir-Wood proposes policies to help minimise pandemic risk

  • CROs pinpoint climate change as key issue for 2021

    13 January 2021

    InsuranceERM's year-end poll of risk management experts found widespread agreement that climate change would be a key risk and opportunity for the insurance sector in 2021. Paul Walsh reports

  • RMS: 2021 is a year of transition

    07 January 2021

    RMS's Robert Muir-Wood and catastrophist Gordon Woo answer InsuranceERM's end of year questions