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On the Relationship between North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures and U.S. Hurricane Landfall Risk

ABSTRACT In the recent literature, considerable attention has been paid to the relationship between climate signals and tropical cyclone activity....
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 01/01/09 by Dailey, Peter S; Zuba, Gerhard; Ljung, Greta; Dima, Ioana M; Guin, Jayanta · More from publication
Climate consequences: modelers puzzle over the impact of global warming on weather-related catastrophes.(Property/Casualty: Cat Modeling)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Earth's climate is changing. Indeed, the global consensus today among scientists, as stated by the United Nations'...
Best's Review, 12/01/08 by Guin, Jayanta · More from publication
All shook up: if the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occurred today, insured losses would likely reach $80 billion; however, there are many scenarios capable of producing even greater losses.

Key Points * The 1906 San Francisco earthquake remains one of the most significant earthquakes in U.S. history, particularly because the...
Best's Review, 04/01/06 by Guin, Jayanta · More from publication
Go, go, go … to Sacramento: risk executives looking to minimize their property and casualty exposures might want to consider setting up shop in the California capital—so long as they don't mind the risk of paying through the nose for workers' c

Several victims of last summer's Hurricane Charley said they had moved from Miami to Florida's west coast to get away from hurricanes. They had...
Risk & Insurance, 12/01/04 by Jayanta Guin · More from publication
Catastrophe Modeling: A New Tool for Risk Managers

Praveen Sandri, Jayanta Guin and Beth Richardson Praveen Sandri, Jayanta Guin and Beth Richardson Not very long ago, it was impossible to...
Risk Management, 05/01/98 by Praveen; Guin Sandri, Jayanta; Richardson, Beth · More from publication

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