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Market Loss Return Periods - the Eurowind® Model

The EQECAT European wind model Eurowind® provides insurers global insurers and re-insurers the ability to measure and manage their risk to catastrophic insurance losses resulting from extra-tropical storms in Europe.

The Eurowind® model is based upon 42 years of quantitative wind measurements throughout Europe, encompassing 272 large multi-country events as well as more than 3,000 smaller ‘local’ windstorm loss events. A “probabilistic” suite of wind-storms encompassing the range of possible storm outcomes has been developed from this large set of observation data creating a comprehensive risk management tool.

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