David Williams

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.

Sep 5, 2024 | businessexaminer.ca | David Williams

Written By David WilliamsBRITISH COLUMBIA –British Columbians are worried about the rising cost of living, and rightly so. For example, in a May 24-30 poll of 1,203 British Columbians by Angus Reid, 66% of respondents cited “cost of living/inflation” as their top concern ahead of the October provincial election. This blog examines data from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for British Columbia.

May 16, 2024 | mondaq.com | David Naughton |David Williams |Mina Dawood

Introduction – Why Ireland? Ireland is one of the leading jurisdictions of choice in the EU for the establishment of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) that are used in securitisation and structured finance transactions including, for example, asset-backed securities, collateralised loan obligations, mortgage-backed securities and life insurance settlements programmes.

Feb 26, 2024 | biv.com | David Williams

The 2024 B.C. budget projects a $7.9 billion deficit this fiscal year — the largest deficit in B.C.’s history — and record deficits over the forecast horizon. A deficit means that expenses exceed revenues, requiring the government to borrow the difference in financial markets. At 1.9 per cent of GDP, the deficit is significantly larger than last year’s which was then the largest among the provinces and second only to the federal government.

Jan 9, 2024 | mondaq.com | Katie Latham |Lucy Smith |David SMith |David Smith |David Williams

Uncover risks in severe convective storms, our latest report explores storm dynamics, risk quantification, real-world case studies, and cutting-edge solutions for informed decision-making. Severe convective storms are intense atmospheric disturbances that can cause powerful winds, large hail, heavy rainfall and occasionally tornadoes.