Lessons Learnt from European Flood ‘Bernd’

The webinar will begin with brief presentations and a panel discussion for the first 60 minutes, to be followed by a further 30 minutes of audience Q&A – with an opportunity to put your questions direct to our speakers.

Speakers:

Steffi Uhlemann-Elmer, Director of Flood Model Product Management at RMS – a hydrologist by background who will speak about the specifics of Bernd in terms of the hydro-meteorological conditions that led to the event, how this event compares against previous floods and what factors made this event the most expensive insured flood event in Europe.

Tamara Sokya, Director, Head of Cat Perils EMEA at Swiss Re – will talk about how the unique characteristics of claims from the event and the extent to which catastrophe models may capture these effects.

Oliver Hauner, Head of Property Insurance, Engineering, Loss Prevention and Statistics at the German Insurance Association (GDV) – how the event has specifically impacted the German insurance market and how, across the entire public and private risk management chain, it is likely to trigger a re-assessment of current risk transfer mechanisms and what role insurers will play in the process.

Tim Edwards, Head of EMEA Catastrophe Analytics at TigerRisk – will talk about how insurers and reinsurance practitioners are likely to calibrate their views of risk, post the event.

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After the event, you can continue the discussion on our Forum!

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