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Guaranteeing the weather at Wimbledon

News 6th July 2008

Guaranteeing the weather at tennis tournament Wimbledon in the UK may seem an impossible feat given the usual fortunes of the spectators. The last week of June in the UK is notorious for rain (given the fact that both Wimbledon and the Glastonbury festival occur at that time). This year of course the spectators have […]

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Travel; an emerging area for risk transfer?

News 4th July 2008

Travel is an industry which is naturally exposed to weather and climate risks. Beach resorts want good weather and low rainfall to encourage customers to visit, ski operators want sufficient amounts of snowfall to ensure a good season and tour operators want quiet hurricane seasons to keep interest in core destinations such as Florida and […]

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Do Something about the Weather: Make Money

News 26th May 2008

O’Reilly Money:Tech was a conference which took place in February this year in New York. It was all about the web and financial services and how new technologies and ‘web 2.0’ is changing the way financial companies make use of data and network technology. Why is this of interest? Well below is a video of […]

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Artemis.bm Newsletter – May 2008

News 23rd May 2008

This is an online copy of our monthly email newsletter which was sent out on Friday. If you’d like to subscribe and receive it regularly please fill out this form. Welcome to the May edition of the Artemis Newsletter, we hope you find it of value (and we welcome your feedback). There have been many […]

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Weathering the Storm – Fox video interview

News 13th May 2008

Interesting interview from Fox Business available here featuring Mike Smith of WeatherData Services and Jeff Hamlin of Weatherbill.com discussing the weather’s impact on businesses. You can view the video below: It’s good to see weather risk management receiving some high profile coverage helped enormously by the success of innovative companies such as WeatherData Services and […]

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If your flights delayed, blame the weather…

News 25th April 2008

Weatherbill has published a study identifying the relationship between weather conditions and flight disruptions (both cancellations and delays) in the United States. The study quantifies the impact of temperature and precipitation on major airports and airlines and defines delay times by “minutes per inch of rain” and “minutes per degree of temperature deviation” at each […]

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