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The weather risk market demonstrated its diversity and growth at the recent Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) 12th Annual European Meeting in Dusseldorf, Germany. Over ninety weather risk professionals from six continents and seventeen countries attended, demonstrating continuing global interest in weather risk hedging and making it the most diverse WRMA event yet.

The weather risk management market is maturing as the methods used to hedge and trade the weather evolve into tools which address new types of risk and attempt to mitigate the effects of a changing climate. The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) has been at the core of the market since its launch in 1999, […]

The weather derivatives market while not receiving a huge amount of press in the last year, has been quietly growing in size as end users of weather derivatives and associated weather risk management tools increase in number and diversity. The Weather Risk Management Association has announced the results of their latest survey of the weather […]

KRAKOW, POLAND (17 September 2010) –Attendees at the Weather Risk Management Association’s (WRMA) 11th European Meeting gained insight into the impact of volcanoes on weather patterns, the new EU proposed derivatives legislation, and how weather extremes affect risk. The meeting was held 15-17 September 2010 at the Sheraton Krakow Hotel in Krakow, Poland.