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• Chart: Global Natural Catastrophe Losses

  
  GCCapitalIdeas.com — Authority: 135
  The extent of rising insured losses from global natural catastrophes over the last 40 years is illustrated below.  Click here to view additional materials in GC Capital Ideas’ Chart Room... Continue reading...
  1 week ago

• Disruption, catastrophe, and resilience in a hyperfast, hyperconnected world

  
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  From The Chronicle of Higher Education, a thought-provoking examination of the ins and outs, both philosophical and practical, of the contemporary reality of disasters, catastrophes, and “resilience” — a word and concept that, as the article points out, is currently all the rage among scholars and policy wonks: ...
  1 week ago

• Guess What You Guys ... I Have a New Blog!

  
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  Even though Im a writer, its always a constant battle. And as of recently, Ive been, well, confused. Am I a TV writer? A screenwriter? A playwright? A novelist? Am I even funny? Or am I just a silly blogger? Thats the question Ive been asking myself time and time again. That was when I realized, I needed a new path. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Catastrophe: Should’a, Would’a, Could’a

  
  Homeland Security Watch — Authority: 135
  “I should prefer Mozart. Mostly I listen to 70s hits.” “I should eat a hot breakfast, but usually have a powerbar instead.” “I should work-out three or four times a week, maybe I walk around the block twice.” Should has become moralistic.  It is typically used as a kind of anti-verb, ascribing — ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Fear Epidemic

  
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  Has our fear in the world hit epidemic proportions?Thanks to technology, our lives have become more comfortable than ever before. Yet paradoxically, we have become far less tolerant of being uncomfortable, which is leading us to be much more susceptible to reacting to our world in a fearful manner. read more
  3 weeks ago

• Earthquake Catastrophes Projected to Rise

  
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  Horoscopes   *  Tarot card Reading   *   Fortune teller   *  Spells There will be more individual earthquakes with very large death tolls as well as more people dying during earthquakes than ever before, according to a newly published study led by U.S. Geological Survey ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chart: Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses by Region

  
  GCCapitalIdeas.com — Authority: 135
  Thirty-five percent of insured natural catastrophe losses between 2009 and 2011 were located in Asia while only 33 percent were in the United States. Australia and New Zealand also saw a marked... Continue reading...
  3 weeks ago

• Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

  
  GCCapitalIdeas.com — Authority: 135
  A fire at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas (about 80 miles southeast of Dallas) sparked a deadly explosion that killed an estimated five to 15 people and injured more than 160 on Wednesday April 17.... Continue reading...
  4 weeks ago

• Hurricane Predictability and Model Representation Challenges

  
  GCCapitalIdeas.com — Authority: 135
  A new briefing has been published with the purpose of informing Guy Carpenter’s approach to hurricane risk in the context of new scientific findings.It is well known that we are currently in... Continue reading...
  4 weeks ago

• I Do Not Miss Dating. Like, At All.

  
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  Now that I have a boyfriend (I know right, I cant believe it either!) I must admit, I do not miss being single. Not even a little. Not even at all. I remember all of those shitty dates I went on, hoping that maybe, just maybe, it might actually work out for once. At least for a few months. Because dating ...
  4 weeks ago

• Chart: Five Most Expensive Earthquakes for Insurers

  
  GCCapitalIdeas.com — Authority: 135
  Over the last two years, several powerful earthquakes have caused widespread damage, leading to significant losses for (re)insurers. Four out of the five most costly earthquakes on record have... Continue reading...
  4 weeks ago

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