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7 August 2019
Deviot, Tasmania: the impact of a slow moving landslide on home owners
In Deviot, Tasmania a reactivated slow-moving landslide is destroying five properties. The owners are seeking redress through the Tasmanian Upper House.
13 July 2011
Losses from Natural Hazards in Q1&2 2011
Dave provides a brief review of some data released by Munich Re yesterday on losses from natural disasters in 2011 to date. Already the year is the most expensive on record for natural catastrophes!
3 November 2009
The Willis Research Network – the world’s most important hazard and risk collaboration?
Willis is a large insurance and reinsurance broker based in London. A key part of their primary business lies in arranging insurance for catastrophe risk – i.e. losses from mega-events such as an earthquake in Tokyo or San Francisco, a storm surge flood in London or a volcanic eruption near to Mexico City. Calculating the risks associated with these events is a challenging task, but of course the stakes are …
The Willis Research Network – the world's most important hazard and risk collaboration?
Willis is a large insurance and reinsurance broker based in London. A key part of their primary business lies in arranging insurance for catastrophe risk – i.e. losses from mega-events such as an earthquake in Tokyo or San Francisco, a storm surge flood in London or a volcanic eruption near to Mexico City. Calculating the risks associated with these events is a challenging task, but of course the stakes are …
30 December 2008
Losses in catastrophes in 2008 – initial statistics from Swiss Re
Tropical Cyclone Nargis montage from the Brisbane Times Swiss Re Sigma has just released its initial statistics on losses in catastrophes in 2008. Of course it is important to understand that reinsurance look at catastrophes in a particular way, meaning that the statistics are weighted in particular to low frequency – high magnitude events, rather than iterative processes, and to losses causing a high level of financial loss. There is …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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