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Hollywood fantasy? Tidal wave disaster is just waiting to happen
Ian Sample
The Guardian
Aug 10 2004
Scientist says governments are ignoring threat of a piece of rock as big as the Isle of Man crashing into the Atlantic
More info: The Cumbre Vieja tsunami threat: Q & A (pdf 86kb)

US Atlantic coast faces a greater hurricane danger (pdf 320kb)
Richard Banks
Insurance Day
Dec 09 2003

How can you predict volcanic eruptions?
Alok Jha
The Guardian
Sep 04 2003
Before a volcano erupts, there will always be warning signs

ISO expects a bad hurricane year (pdf 269kb)
Peta Miller
Insurance Day

Atlantic tsunamis pose potential threat (jpg 1.38mb)
Peta Miller
Insurance Day
September 03 2003

Insurers urged to work with government on flood risks
Insurance Times
January 07 2003

Flood dialogue must improve
Helene Dancer
Insurance Times
November 14 2002

Strategy 2002: Insurers to liaise with planners over flooding
Insurance Times
November 08 2002

Concrete is not the answer
Helene Dancer
Insurance Times
November 07 2002

Research warns industry of climate change effects (jpg 240kb)
Symon Ross
Insurance Day
November 04 2002

Flood bill set to exceed £50m
Helene Dancer
Insurance Times
September 12 2002

More flood disasters predicted
Helene Dancer
Insurance Times
August 15 2002

England unprepared for Autumn flooding
Insurance Times
August 12 2002

Three minutes of horror when 30,000 perished. 100 years after the world's worst volcano disaster
The Observer
Robin McKie
April 28 2002

Warning of ice threat to ships
Peta Miller
Insurance Day
March 21 2002
MARINE insurance practitioners are monitoring the break-up of the Antarctic ice shelf amid fears it could pose a threat to shipping lanes

Reassurance after ice breakaway in Antarctic
Peta Miller
Insurance Day
March 20 2002
THE collapse of an ice shelf the size of Cyprus does not mean the entire Western Antarctic ice sheet is about to collapse

Allison, Barry and it will get worse
Scott Farley
Insurance Day
August 08 2001
1995-2001 will be record seven-year period for Atlantic hurricanes

Why the only certainty about the La Palma tsunami is that it WILL happen
Scott Farley
Insurance Day
October 18 2000
It looked like a scene from Hollywood‘s latest summer blockbuster. But the image of a giant tsunami engulfing Manhattan island published in last week‘s Insurance Day did not come from the over-active imagination of an eager scriptwriter

New York Tsunami Threat
Scott Farley
Insurance Day
October 12 2000
New York Tsunami threat. The eastern seaboard of the United States is at risk of devastation from a gigantic 50 m high tidal wave, new research has revealed.

Greig Fester sponsors centre
Insurance Day
May 20 1997

Question & Answer Session with Dr Mark Saunders (pdf 403kb)
Ronald Gift Mullins
ERisk
July 2001

Spotlight on Dr Mark Saunders (pdf 69kb)
Simon Challis
Reactions
July 2001

Why these men are trying to scare us (gif 713kb)
Evening Standard
August 30 2001