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US wind risk down under new Eqecat hurricane model

9 June 2011

The new US hurricane model from Eqecat will show slightly lower expected losses from the peril than the previous version, the firm's president Bill Keogh told Trading Risk ahead of its launch in July.

In contrast to rival RMS's Version 11 wind model - which increased expected losses by more than 100 percent in some cases - Eqecat's model will show decreases of just under 10 percent to expected losses for US wind events.

The changes will be more marked...

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