Validation of a probabilistic model for hurricane insurance loss projections in Florida

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1896-1905

  Pinelli, J P ^a   Gurley, K R ^b   Subramanian, C S ^a   Hamid, S S ^c   Pita, G L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Damage; Hurricane; Risk model; Validation

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; FORECASTING; INSURANCE;

CALIBRATION; CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES; DAMAGE; EXTERNAL-; FLORIDA; HURRICANE; HURRICANE LOSS; HURRICANE SEASON; INSURANCE COMPANIES; PHYSICAL DAMAGES; POW ERFUL TOOL; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; RISK MODEL; RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES; STATE OF THE ARTS; VALIDATION; VULNERABILITY MODELING;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 49949113385     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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