Updates From RMS on Hurricane Harvey
Tuesday, August 29 Update at 17:30 UTC Mark Powell, vice president – Model Development, RMS HWind Don’t Forget About Potential Tropical Cyclone 10L While we are all deeply concerned for the well-being...
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View ArticleFlood Risk, NFIP and the Role of Reinsurance
Shortly after its landfall, my colleague, Ben Brookes, and I drew attention in the RMS live Harvey updates to the fact that the storm was “not a wind event.” Like Sandy, flood losses, we wrote, would...
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View ArticleHarvey Now Driving Catastrophic Flooding Across Houston Metropolitan Region
(For media statement, click here) Michael Young, senior director – Product Management, RMS Hurricane Harvey is now driving catastrophic flooding across the entire Houston Metropolitan region. The...
View ArticleHarvey Shows the Advantage of Cloud Solutions When “Time to Insight” is Crucial
Farhana Alarakhiya, vice president – Products, RMS Hurricane Harvey continues to be top of mind at the RMS offices. On Wednesday, RMS hosted a client webinar where Mark Powell, Tom Sabbatelli and Pete...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey: Impact on Marine Cargo
Chris Folkman, director – Product Management, RMS Rajkiran Vojjala, vice president – Modeling, RMS As Hurricane Harvey barreled eastward from Houston, Port of Houston officials spoke of restarting...
View ArticleNFIP Losses from Harvey Estimated to Reach US$7-10 Billion
Pete Dailey, vice president – Product Management, RMS On Wednesday, RMS reported that, based on our modeling, the overall combined wind, surge, and inland flood losses from Hurricane Harvey will be...
View ArticleFlood Risk, NFIP and the Role of Reinsurance
Shortly after its landfall, my colleague, Ben Brookes, and I drew attention in the RMS live Harvey updates to the fact that the storm was “not a wind event.” Like Sandy, flood losses, we wrote, would...
View ArticleIs “Hurricane Fatigue” Set to Continue?
The midway point of the Atlantic hurricane season has just passed, and despite a relatively tame start, we have already witnessed two major U.S. hurricane landfalls — Harvey and Irma — in quick...
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I invite you to explore the latest digital edition of EXPOSURE Magazine, which also hit the streets of Monte Carlo as a print edition for those attending Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre, and will be...
View ArticleRMS HWind and Earth Networks: Sharpening the Focus on Tropical Cyclone Wind...
Jeff Waters, product manager – Model Product Management, RMS Mark Hoekzema, chief meteorologist, Earth Networks As we have already seen during the 2017 North Atlantic hurricane season, tropical...
View ArticleRecapping a Memorable 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
RMS has released its 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane Season Review documenting one of the most active, damaging, and costliest seasons on record. The 2017 season saw a total of 17 named storms, with ten...
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