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STORM FORCE: What’s New on the Windstorm Front?

With the recent onset of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season and major losses resulting from storms across Europe earlier this year, windstorm remains a key issue within the re/insurance market. 

To keep up to date with the latest research findings and model updates, Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre will be hosting a one day seminar in association with the Under 35s Reinsurance Group focusing on windstorm in its various forms. 

Topics and Speakers include:

• Demographics, Climate Change and Tropical Cyclone Losses (Professor Roger Pielke Jr, University of Colorado)

• 2008 Hurricane Season: Forecasts, New Products and Their Usefulness (Professor Mark Saunders, Tropical Storm Risk)

• Modelling China Typhoon Risk (Dr Peter Sousounis, AIR Worldwide)

• Dynamical Seasonal Forecasts of Tropical Storm Statistics at ECMWF (Dr Frederic Vitart, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts)

• RMS’ Atlantic Hurricane Model Update (Dr Christine Ziehmann, RMS)

• Challenges in European Windstorm Modelling (Dr Richard Dixon, Benfield)

• EuroTempest - Live Windstorm Loss Forecasting (Frank Roberts, EuroTempest)

• EUROWIND 2008 - EQECAT's Approach to pan-European Winterstorm Modelling (Dr Ivan Kuehnel, EQECAT)

<< Click here for a copy of the event flyer >>

Cost: £250
Date: Thursday 17 July
Venue: The City Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DS

(The cost of the seminar includes all presentation documentation, certification of attendance, refreshments and lunch.  This event has been accredited by the CII and can be included as part of your CII CPD requirements should you consider it relevant to your professional development needs.)

TO REGISTER YOUR PLACE CONTACT:
Rebecca Coombes T: 020 7522 3850 E: rebecca.coombes@benfieldgroup.com