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Catastrophe risk modelling : firm EQECAT, Inc. : , will host a three-day conference, Creating Value Through Increased Transparency : , beginning 2 June at 12:00 p.m.
and ending on 4 June at 1:00 p.m. to be held at Vienna Marriott Hotel, Parkring 12a, Vienna, 1010 Austria. The conference will provide professionals in the global re/insurance industry with a greater understanding of the need to manage natural catastrophe risk : . The cost to attend the three day conference is €875 prior to 1 May, and €995 from 2 May – 1 June.

The conference begins on 2 June with a panel discussion of industry experts on Solvency II and implications for

catastrophe modelling. In addition, Dr. Johnny Chan, Director, Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, City University of Hong Kong, will discuss tropical cyclone prediction on seasonal or longer time scales on 3 June.

Additional topics to be discussed include.

- European Wind Storm Modelling : and Climate Change - Implications of Possible Future Climate States
- European Wind Storm Surge – Learning from European Wind Storm Xynthia :
- Asia Typhoon Modelling - Regional Hazard Plus Local Conditions Equals New Insight to Asian Risk Correlation
- New Frontiers in US Earthquake Modelling - NGA and Soil Based Attenuations
- Japan and Latin America Earthquake
- Global Industry Loss Curve Modelling


Attendees include c-level executives, insurance and reinsurance management and underwriters, and risk analysts.

“We recognize our clients’ needs to have robust and transparent modelling that characterizes risk appropriately,” said Bill Keogh, senior vice president of EQECAT’s strategic initiatives. “As we think about the value that we add as a risk modelling firm, our greatest value is that of setting rational expectations about risk.”


EQECAT, Inc. provides state-of-the-art products and services to the global property and casualty insurance, reinsurance and financial markets. EQECAT is the technical leader and innovator of catastrophe risk : management models that quantify exposure to a range of natural and man-made catastrophic risks.

EQECAT, a subsidiary of ABSG Consulting Inc., was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Oakland, Calif. For additional information, visit  www.eqecat.com : .



EQECAT, Inc.Jen Wasilisin, 215-793-4666, Ext. 109 jwasilisin@startoplin.com : mailto:jwasilisin@startoplin.com orBeth
Starrantino, 856-649-8970 bstarrantino@startoplin.com : mailto:bstarrantino@startoplin.com