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Geotimes February 2007 Richard J. Murnane	Science, Catastrophe Risk Models and Insurance An appreciation of how scientific research is used in the insurance industry's catastrophe risk models provides some insight on the relationship between geoscience and insurance.
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Insurance & Technology July 12, 2006 Maria Woehr	Not Risking It The availability of catastrophe models generated overconfidence among insurers, which, after the past hurricane season, are realizing the technology's limitations. However, insurers will still continue to rely on cat modeling to reduce risk exposure.
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Geotimes November 2005 Megan Sever	The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters Population trends, mitigation efforts and federal disaster relief policies all contribute to encouraging high-risk land use and ultimately to making our society more vulnerable to the costs of natural disasters.
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Financial Advisor October 2005 Karen DeMasters	Rethinking That Beachfront Property Every financial advisor needs to ask clients if they have the energy to deal with coastal property. There are more than strict financial considerations to look at when contemplating investing in an oceanfront property.
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Geotimes January 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Max Mayfield: In the Eye of the Storm Max Mayfield has had a busy seven years. Mayfield, who has been the director of NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. since 2000, has guided the country through some of the busiest hurricane seasons on record, including the record-breaking 2005 season.
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IEEE Spectrum August 2006	Modeling Toward Accurate Storm Forecasting For the time being, getting the weather right will still require a large dose of good fortune. But continued improvements in our weather predicting capabilities will eventually take the guessing out of storm prediction and bring us to the moment when wagering on the weather will be a safe bet indeed.
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