Aimee Colgate

Oct 7, 2024 | mondaq.com | Katherine Latham |Aimee Colgate |David Williams

This article explains how organizations can manage earthquake risk through exposure assessment, catastrophe modeling, and cost-effective mitigation, while addressing unpredictability and insurance solutions for financial protection. Earthquakes happen more regularly than is often realized. This year has already seen a number of serious earthquakes, but also many more tremors of a smaller scale. By the end of September, more than 50 major earthquakes had been tracked worldwide1.

Jul 4, 2024 | mondaq.com | Katie Latham |Aimee Colgate |Daniel Bannister

Fierce windstorms continue to impact organizations globally, highlighting the crucial need for businesses to measure risk meticulously. By doing so, they can implement effective strategies to mitigate their risk exposures. Windstorms are set to cause huge damage once again in 2024. February's Tropical Cyclone Djoungou 1, with windspeeds exceeding 135mph in the Indian Ocean, largely missed major land masses, but other systems have proved more deadly.

Dec 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Katherine Latham |Aimee Colgate |Daniel Bannister |Elizabeth Doocey

Unprecedented wildfire seasons have devastated properties and ecosystems from Europe to Canada in recent months. As wildfire becomes a global peril of increasing concern, our report explores causes, evolving risks, and solutions for site-specific resilience. Wildfires dominate headlines, wreaking havoc on properties, health, and ecosystems. In recent months, unprecedented wildfire seasons have left a trail of devastation from southern Europe to northern Canada.

Sep 18, 2023 | mondaq.com | Katherine Latham |David K. Williams |Aimee Colgate

In this report, we discuss how and where earthquakes happen, their impact on property and business and how risk consultancy modeling and analysis can help businesses to measure, mitigate and manage their risks. An earthquake is the shaking and vibration of the ground due to energy released when two tectonic plates suddenly slip past each other. On average there are around 15 major earthquakes every year around the world. It's impossible to predict when or where an earthquake will happen.