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October 30, 2008 |
RMS Study Estimates over $200
Billion of Economic Losses from
a Major Earthquake on the
Hayward Fault |
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October 24, 2008 |
RMS Revises Hurricane Ike
Industry Loss Estimate to $13-21
Billion |
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October 23, 2008 |
Ironshore Selects the RMS
Account Fire Model to Aid
Underwriting and Portfolio
Management of Fire Risks |
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October 21, 2008 |
RMS Unveils New Beijing Office
as a Further Commitment to Serve
the Chinese Insurance Industry |
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October 13, 2008 |
RMS
Selected to Partner in New Program to Provide Fund Managers with Climate
Change Research
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October 2, 2008 |
New Hardened Weather Stations
Successfully Capture Wind Speeds
During Hurricane Ike |
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September 17, 2008 |
Hurricane Ike Insured Losses
Estimated at $7 Billion to $12
Billion |
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September 14, 2008 |
Hurricane Ike Could Cause $6
billion to $16 billion of
Insured Damage According to
Initial RMS Estimates |
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September 11, 2008 |
RMS Estimates up to $200 Million Insured Damage so far from Hurricane
Ike |
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September 9, 2008 |
Adaptation is Key to
Managing Coastal Flood Risk |
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September 4, 2008 |
Advanced RMS Simulation Platform
Allows Re/insurers to Model
"Clustering" of Weather Events |
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September 1, 2008 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of $4 billion to $10 billion for Hurricane
Gustav |
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August 14, 2008 |
RMS Launches Unique Winterstorm
Model and Severe Convective
Storm Model for U.S. and Canada
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August 8, 2008 |
RMS Develops New Climate Change
Risk Screening Service |
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August 7, 2008 |
RMS Unveils Major Upgrade to its U.K. Inland Flood Model and Releases
New Europe Earthquake Models |
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August 4, 2008 |
First Catastrophe Bond Issued Using RMS Paradex Europe Windstorm Index
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July 31, 2008 |
RMS Releases New Interactive Terrorism Risk Management System |
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July 24, 2008 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of Less than $750
Million from Hurricane
Dolly |
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July 22, 2008 |
Torus Insurance Selects RMS
Models for Use in Underwriting
Decision-Making |
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June 24, 2008 |
One
in Four British Homes at Flood
Risk, Says RMS |
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June 19, 2008 |
RMS
Launches New Portfolio
Management Platform to Support
Trading of Insurance Risk |
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June 11, 2008 |
RMS Makes Expert Catastrophe Analysis Publicly Available
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June 4, 2008 |
RMS Performs Model Review for Multi Peril Securitization |
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June 2, 2008 |
RMS Releases First Parametric Industry Loss Index for U.S.
Hurricane Risks |
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May 29, 2008 |
RMS
and China Insurance Regulatory
Commission Host Seminar to Help
Promote Catastrophe Data
Standards in China |
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May 27, 2008 |
RMS Hurricane Model Re-Certified
by Florida Commission |
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May 22, 2008 |
RMS a Key Partner in New Resilient Coasts Initiative |
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May 20, 2008 |
RMS Launches New
Catastrophe Modeling Analysis
Service |
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May 19, 2008 |
RMS Launches New ExposureRefine
Service to Assess and Enhance
Exposure Data Quality |
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May 14, 2008 |
RMS Estimates Property Losses of Up to $15 Billion for China Earthquake |
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May 2, 2008 |
Matthew Grant Appointed Group
Executive of Global Client
development at RMS |
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April 24, 2008 |
John Stroughair Joins RMS as
Head of RiskMarkets Group |
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April 22, 2008 |
Weather Stations to Provide Data
for New Parametric Index
Installed for 2008 Hurricane
Season |
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April 8, 2008 |
Raj Manghani Joins RMS as Vice President of Underwriting Solutions
Product Management |
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April 3, 2008 |
RMS Calls for U.K. Government to
Improve Inadequate Flood Defense
Information |
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March 27, 2008 |
RMS Unveils First Commercial Fire Risk Probability Model to the Market |
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March 21, 2008 |
The Hayward Fault: America's
Most Dangerous? |
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March 4, 2008 |
Dr. Craig Schultz Joins RMS as Vice President of Product Management |
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February 28, 2008 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of
Up to £30 Million for
Lincolnshire Earthquake |
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February 21, 2008 |
RMS Performs Model Review for
Multi-Peril Securitization |
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February 21, 2008 |
RMS and ImageCat Release
Research Report on 2007 U.S.
Wildfire Season |
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February 18, 2008 |
Leading U.S. Wholesale Broker
Crump Group Licenses New RMS
RiskBrowser Platform |
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February 14, 2008 |
RMS Launches First Parametric
Industry Loss Index for Europe
Windstorm |
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January 22, 2008 |
RMS Reaches Milestone of 100
Certified Catastrophe Risk
Analysts (CCRA) |
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January 11, 2008 |
RMS Performs
Analysis for French Windstorm Risk
Securitization |
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January 10, 2008 |
Repeat of the 1998 Ice Storm Could Generate Up to
$3 Billion in Insured Losses |
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December 20, 2007 |
RMS Performs Analysis For U.S.
Earthquake And Hurricane Risk
Securitization |
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December 18, 2007 |
RMS
Launches Wholesale Broker
RiskBrowser
Platform |
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December 11, 2007 |
Time Slipping for Decision Over TRIA Extension |
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December 4, 2007 |
New Report Reveals Future Exposure to Coastal
Flood in Key Cities Worldwide |
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November 29, 2007 |
Asia Capital Reinsurance Licenses RMS Catastrophe
Modeling Software |
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November 20, 2007 |
RMS Announces Estimated
Hurricane Activity Rates for
2008 to 2012 |
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November 14, 2007 |
RMS Performs Analysis for
European Windstorm Catastrophe
Bond |
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October 31, 2007 |
New
RMS Initiative to Transform Data
Preparation Processes in the
London Market |
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October 25, 2007 |
California Wildfires Could Cost Insurers Over $1.5 Billion,
Says RMS |
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October 15, 2007 |
Repeat of the Great 1987
Windstorm Could Cost up to £7
Billion in Insured Loss |
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October 12, 2007 |
Climate Change Research Recognized as IPCC Wins
Nobel Peace Prize |
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October 10, 2007 |
Flood Defenses Provide only Partial Protection from True Flood Risk in
the U.K., says RMS |
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October 2, 2007 |
RMS'
Dr. Mary Lou Zoback to Receive
Geological Society of America
Arthur L. Day Medal and the
Public Service Award |
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September 4, 2007 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of
Less Than $200 Million from
Hurricane Felix |
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September 3, 2007 |
Unprecedented For Second
Hurricane Of Season To Reach Cat
5, Says RMS |
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August 21, 2007 |
RMS Estimates Up To $1.5 Bn
Insured Loss From Hurricane Dean
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August 20, 2007 |
Insight Catastrophe Solutions &
Risk Management Solutions
Partner To Provide Integrated
Underwriting Service |
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August 14, 2007 |
Aspen Re Goes Live with RMS
Solution for Exposure Management |
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July 30, 2007 |
RMS Estimates Up to £3.25
Billion of Total Insured Loss
for Summer U.K. Floods |
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July 24, 2007 |
Existing U.K. Floods Not as
Costly as Repeat of 1947, Says
RMS |
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July 9, 2007 |
RMS Expands Support for Emerging
Asian Insurance Market with new
Catastrophe Risk Models |
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June 29, 2007 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of
$100 Million to $150 Million for
California Wildfire |
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June 28, 2007 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of
Over £500M for U.K. Floods |
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June 27, 2007 |
RMS Expands Coverage of
Earthquake Modeling in Europe |
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June 25, 2007 |
RMS Hurricane Model Re-Certified
by Florida Commission |
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June 21, 2007 |
RMS Performs Analysis for
Fremantle Ltd, a Multi-Peril
Catastrophe Swap |
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June 20, 2007 |
RMS Launches Reinsurance
Platform to Transform Portfolio
Risk Management |
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May 30, 2007 |
RMS Appoints Sandra Cruze as
Vice President of Quality
Assurance |
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May 23, 2007 |
Ark Syndicate Management Chooses
RMS® Catastrophe Modeling
Software |
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May 22, 2007 |
RMS Performs Analysis for
Parametric Securitization
Covering Japan Typhoon Risk |
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May 17, 2007 |
Repeat of 1927 Great Mississippi
Flood Could Cost up to $160
Billion |
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May 14, 2007 |
Robert Bentley Joins RMS as
Chief Operating Officer |
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May 9, 2007 |
RMS Calls for Change to
Regulatory Systems that Fail to
Acknowledge Current Levels of
Hurricane Risk |
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April 25, 2007 |
RMS and WeatherFlow, Inc. Launch
New Parametric Index for Capital
Markets Investments |
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April 10, 2007 |
RMS Performs Analysis for First
Great Britain River Flood
Securitization |
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March 20, 2007 |
RMS Study Reveals Potential for
US$100 Billion in Losses from
Large Earthquake in Beijing,
China |
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March 1, 2007 |
RMS Launches Exam Preparation
Program for the Certified
Catastrophe Risk Analyst (CCRA)
Designation |
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February 20, 2007 |
RMS Releases First Commercially
Available Probabilistic Risk
Model for Influenza Pandemic |
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February 2, 2007 |
RMS Makes Commitment to Studying
the Impacts and Implications of
Climate Change |
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January 30, 2007 |
Governor of Louisiana Discusses
Risk with RMS |
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January 23, 2007 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of
€3-5 Billion from Windstorm
Kyrill |
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January 8, 2007 |
RMS Purchases HailCalc Europe |
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December 20, 2006 |
RMS Releases First Earthquake
Model for India |
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December 5, 2006 |
RMS Appoints Mary Lou Zoback as
Vice President, Earthquake Risk
Applications |
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December 4, 2006 |
RMS Publishes Assessment of
Future Flood Risk in New Orleans |
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November 30, 2006 |
RMS Announces Joint Venture with
RMSI to Expand Business Process
Outsourcing Operations |
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November 22, 2006 |
RMS Reaffirms Five-Year View of
Increased Hurricane Activity in
Atlantic Basin |
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November 9, 2006 |
Association of British Insurers
Uses RMS Model as Basis for New
U.K. Flood Recommendations |
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November 7, 2006 |
RMS Announces Organizational
Restructuring of OYORMS in
Response to Growing Japan Market
Demand |
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November 2, 2006 |
RMS Announces New Roles for
Keogh and Grant |
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October 27, 2006 |
RMS Publishes 2006 Kiholo Bay,
Hawaii Earthquake Event Report |
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October 23, 2006 |
RMS Publishes 1356 Basel,
Switzerland Earthquake: 650-Year
Retrospective |
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October 20, 2006 |
RMS Announces Expansion of
London Market Presence Through
Licensing Agreement with
Beaufort Underwriting Agency
Ltd. |
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September 12, 2006 |
RMS Releases Germany River Flood
Model |
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September 6, 2006 |
RMS Announces Opening of Zurich
Office |
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August 28, 2006 |
RMS® Wildfire Hazard Data
Provides Insight Into Recent
California Wildfire Activity |
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August 17, 2006 |
RMS Performs Risk Analysis For
Parametric Securitization
Covering Japan Typhoon Risk |
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July 17, 2006 |
Climetrix® Weather Derivative
System Launches Seamless
Integration with TFS White Board
and YellowJacket Software's YJ
Weather |
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June 7, 2006 |
RMS Launches Updated Earthquake
Model for Eastern U.S. and
Canada |
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June 1, 2006 |
Hemant Shah Chosen to Become
Member of the 2006 Class of
Henry Crown Fellows |
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May 30, 2006 |
RMS Releases Comprehensive
Europe Windstorm Model for
Underwriting and Portfolio Risk
Management |
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May 22, 2006 |
RMS Launches New Hurricane Model
Incorporating Lessons Learned
From Active 2004-2005 Seasons |
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May 17, 2006 |
RMS Hurricane Model Re-Certified
by Florida Commission |
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May 16, 2006 |
RMS Partners with China
Earthquake Administration’s
Institute of Engineering
Mechanics to Develop China
Earthquake Risk Model |
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May 2, 2006 |
Risk
Management Solutions Estimates a
20% Probability of Next
Influenza Pandemic Being Worse
Than 1918 Outbreak |
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April 18, 2006 |
RMS Study Estimates $50-$80
Billion of Insured Losses From a
Repeat of the 1906 San Francisco
Earthquake and Fire |
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April 1, 2006 |
April 2006 - RMS Co-founder Haresh Shah Named One of the Top Seismic
Engineers of the 20th Century |
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March 30, 2006 |
ISPartners Alternative Risk
Advisors Licenses RMS®
Catastrophe Modeling Software |
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March 23, 2006 |
New RMS View of U.S. Hurricane
Activity Rates Increases Losses
by 40% in Florida and Gulf Coast |
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March 21, 2006 |
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Selects RMS Peril Model to Set
Pricing for Catastrophe Bond
Program |
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February 24, 2006 |
RMS Releases Version 5.0 of
Climetrix® Weather Derivative
Trading System with Enhanced
User Experience Functionality |
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February 2, 2006 |
RMS Terrorism Risk Management
Tools Assist in A.M. Best
Supplemental Rating
Questionnaire for the 2005
Statement Year |
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January 26, 2006 |
New RMS Study Estimates Half a
Million Fatalities from Avian
Flu Pandemic Outbreak In Japan |
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January 4, 2006 |
RMS Analysis Quantifies Impact
of New TRIA Structure on
Insurance Industry |
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December 21, 2005 |
RMS
Expands Presence within
Investment Community Through
Licensing Agreement with Securis
Investment Partners |
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October 27, 2005 |
RMS Estimates U.S. Insured Loss
for Hurricane Wilma at $8 - $12
Billion |
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October 24, 2005 |
RMS Announces Preliminary U.S.
Insured Loss Estimate of $6 to
$10 Billion for Hurricane Wilma |
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October 20, 2005 |
RMS Cited as Risk Modeling
Agency of the Year in Global
Industry Polls |
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October 12, 2005 |
New Information Tracking Service
from RMS and Jane’s Shows Global
Terrorism Activity Doubled Last
Year |
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October 10, 2005 |
RMS Releases Third Generation of
its Japan Earthquake Catastrophe
Model |
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September 25, 2005 |
Insured Onshore and Offshore
Losses from Hurricane Rita
Expected to Range from $4 to $7
Billion |
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September 22, 2005 |
RMS Model Shows Increased Risk
of Extreme Terrorism Losses in
the United States |
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September 19, 2005 |
RMS Combines Real-time
Reconnaissance with Risk Models
to Estimate Katrina Losses |
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September 9, 2005 |
Great New Orleans Flood to
Contribute Additional $15-$25
Billion in Private Sector
Insured Losses for Hurricane
Katrina, Bringing Estimated
Insured Losses to $40-$60
Billion |
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August 11, 2005 |
RMS Opens Bermuda Office:
Becomes Only Catastrophe
Modeling Firm with Bermuda
Presence |
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July 13, 2005 |
RMS Updates Estimate of Insured
Losses from Hurricane Dennis to
$1-3 Billion |
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July 13, 2005 |
RMS Releases First Suite of
Global Accumulation Management
and Terrorism Risk Analysis
Tools |
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July 12, 2005 |
Lloyd's Licenses RMS®
Catastrophe Modeling Software
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June 20, 2005 |
Climetrix® Weather Derivative Trading System
Reaches Milestone of One Million Licensed Analyses |
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June 17, 2005 |
Trends in Terrorism and the
Architecture of TRIA, RAND
Center for Terrorism Risk
Management Policy |
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June 17, 2005 |
RAND CTRMP Report Makes Recommendations to Congress on the Future
of TRIA |
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June 8, 2005 |
RMS Researcher
Publishes Paper on Interactions Between Land Surface and Atmosphere |
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June 6, 2005 |
RMS® Hurricane Model Re-certified by Florida
Commission
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June 1, 2005 |
Repair Costs in Southeastern U.S. Remain 20% to 40%
Above Average as 2005 Hurricane Season Begins |
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April 28, 2005 |
RMS Estimates Less Than 3% Increase in Average
Annual Insurance Losses Due to New Florida Annual Hurricane Deductible |
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April 18, 2005 |
Climetrix® Weather Derivative Trading
System Upgraded to Support Both CME and OTC Settlement |
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April 4, 2005 |
RMS Releases Final U.S. Regional Weather Index
Values for 2004 Winter Season |
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March 15, 2005 |
RMS Model Supports
Analysis by Policymakers and Insurers of Possible Extensions of Terrorism Risk
Insurance Act (TRIA) |
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February 16, 2005 |
RMS Funds Technology Improvements to Support
Collection of Real-time Hurricane Data By Florida Coastal Monitoring Program |
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February 8, 2005 |
RMS Terrorism Risk Management Tools Assist
Insurers in Responding to A.M. Best Supplemental Rating Questionnaire for the
2004 Statement Year |
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January 2005 |
RMS Publishes China Earthquake Study in
Preparation for New Model Development |
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January 31, 2005 |
RMS' Climetrix® Weather Derivatives System Now
Compatible with YellowJacket Software's Weather® Market Data and Communication
System |
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January 13, 2005 |
Recent Industrial Accident Reveals Importance
of RMS Research and Modeling
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December 13, 2004 |
RMS European Headquarters Relocates to
Peninsular House in London
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December 2004 |
OYO RMS Analyzes Risk for Tomoegawa Paper
Company's Earthquake-activated Finance Program
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November 30, 2004 |
RMS Launches Comprehensive Research Initiative
on Extraordinary 2004 Hurricane Season |
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November 22, 2004 |
RMS Provides Risk Analysis for
Securitization of Hurricane and
Earthquake Risk by the Hartford
Financial Services Group |
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October 28, 2004 |
RMS Expands Underwriting
Capabilities and Global Suite of
Catastrophe Peril Models--New
Functionality and Models
Available with Upgraded Versions
of RiskLink® and RiskBrowser®
Systems |
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October 25, 2004 |
RMS Terrorism Risk Model Updated
to Incorporate Latest Expert
View of Terrorism Threat |
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October 21, 2004 |
New RiskTools™ Streamline
Integration of RMS Analytical
Applications into Insurance
Portfolio/Underwriting System |
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October 12, 2004 |
RMS Upgrades Climetrix® Weather
Derivative System to Support
Hourly Weather Data |
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September 26, 2004 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses of
$4 to $8 Billion from Hurricane
Jeanne |
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September 23, 2004 |
RMS Responds to Heightened
International Terrorism Threat
with Launch of First Global
Terrorism Risk Model |
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September 21, 2004 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses
from Hurricane Ivan of $3 to $6
Billion |
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September 20, 2004 |
RMS East Region Relocates to
Hackensack, New Jersey
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September 9, 2004 |
RMS Awarded "Service Provider of
the Year" in 2004 Worldwide
Reinsurance Awards |
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September 6, 2004 |
RMS Estimates Insured Losses Of
$3 To $6 Billion From Hurricane
Frances |
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August 12, 2004 |
RMS Estimates $6 to $8 Billion
Insured Losses from Hurricane
Charley |
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July 2004 |
World Conference on Earthquake
Engineering (WCEE) Featuring
Eight Research Topics from RMS
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July 2004 |
RMS Publishes Paper on
Applications of Building-level
Data for Catastrophe Risk
Management Featuring Sanborn
CitySets™ Data |
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June 1, 2004 |
Dr. Gordon Woo from RMS Named
One of the 100 Most Influential
People in Finance by Treasury &
Risk Management Magazine |
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June 1, 2004 |
RMS Expands Web-based Services
for Modeling Storm Losses as
Forecasters Predict Active
Hurricane Season
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May 17, 2004 |
New RMS Tool Automates
Preparation of Insurance
Exposure Data in Standard ACORD
Format |
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May 12, 2004 |
RMS® U.S. Hurricane Model
Re-certified By Florida
Commission |
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May 5, 2004 |
RMS
and Marshall & Swift/Boeckh
Partner to Enhance Property
Valuation for Risk Analysis |
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April 2004 |
RAND and RMS Announce the Center
for Terrorism Risk Management
Policy Research Plan |
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April 2004 |
RMS Selected by Tillinghast to
Perform Analysis of Workers
Compensation Terrorism Pool
Feasibility |
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April 29, 2004 |
New RMS Study Assesses Risk from
Catastrophic Events for Workers
Compensation, Life, and Health
Insurers |
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April 22, 2004 |
RMS
Releases New Versions of
RiskLink® and RiskBrowser® |
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April 15, 2004 |
RMS® Risk Management Tools
Assist Syndicates in Responding
to the Lloyd's Realistic
Disaster Scenarios |
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April 6, 2004 |
RMS Releases Final U.S. Regional
Weather Index Values for 2003
Winter Season |
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April 5, 2004 |
RMS Estimates a Repeat of the
1974 Tornado Super Outbreak
Could Reach as High as $3.5
Billion for Wind Losses Alone |
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March 8, 2004 |
RMS Releases Version 4.0 of Its
Climetrix® Weather Derivatives
Trading and Risk Management
System |
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March 2004 |
2003 Shah Family Innovation
Prize Awarded to RMS' Paul
VanderMarck |
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February 24, 2004 |
RMS Funds Research Fellowship at
New International Centre for
Political Violence and Terrorism
Research
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February 5, 2004 |
Catastrophe Securitizations in
2003 Reveal Increased
Innovation, Modest Growth in
Volume |
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January 22, 2004 |
RMS Terrorism Risk Management
Tools Assist Insurers in
Responding to New A.M. Best
Supplemental Rating
Questionnaire
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January 12, 2004 |
RMS
Performs Risk Analysis for First
Securitization Covering
Electrical Transmission and
Distribution Risk |
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January 2004 |
Risk Report Dedicates January
2004 Issue to RMS Research on
Understanding Terrorism Risk |
