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Southern Africa needs flood modelling now more than ever before

May 22 2023 By Thato Raboroko flood modelling, catastrophe modelling, reinsurance, risk management, risk mitigation

In the years between 2017 and 2023, Southern Africa experienced three of its deadliest tropical storms: Cyclone Idai (2019, 1 300 deaths); Cyclone Freddy (2023, 500+ deaths) and tropical storm Dineo (2017, 250 deaths). It also experienced Cyclone Kenneth (2019), Africa's strongest cyclone ever recorded. Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi are in the direct path of these devastating Indian Ocean storms, which are on track to in...

Reinsurance Solutions Group puts Africa on the map at Dubai World Insurance Congress 2023

March 14 2023 By Reinsurance Solutions dwic, dubai, resinsurance, risk management

Reinsurance Solutions Group (RSG) attended the Dubai World Insurance Congress 2023, jointly hosted by Global Reinsurance and the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), on 8 and 9 March 2023 in Dubai, UAE. The congress was themed 'Resilience: Navigating the storm to a better world', and brought together more than 1 500 insurance and reinsurance leaders from 60 countries around the world, specifically the Middle East and Maghreb countries. ...

Probabilistic modelling is only as good as the experts interpreting it

July 19 2022 By Thato Raboroko risk management, dfa modelling, analytics, thato raboroko, risk modelling

Sophisticated models and high-tech optimisation tools have become the order of the day for accurate risk modelling. But as precise as these carefully calculated predictions are, they mean little without the human element; that is, the expertise and knowledge that comes from years of experience, which is needed to match the right predictions to the right solutions. Predictive modelling is considered the industry standard, and no self-respecting (r...

RSIS partners with natural catastrophe specialists for best-in-class African risk modelling

October 27 2021 By Cameron Cupido cameron cupido, risk management, modelling, natural disasters

Reinsurance Solutions Intermediary Services (RSIS) has partnered with industry-leading specialists in natural catastrophe risk modelling to offer its insurance clients across the continent peace-of-mind reinsurance protection and risk management. The natural catastrophe perils covered by RSIS and its new partners include earthquake, flood, hail and cyclone, all modelled within the African context. These partners include Cat Risk Solutions, which ...