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Abstract
Internet Application for Risk and Catastrophe Assessment in the Insurance Industry (NATHAN)Track: Business, Banking, and Insurance
Author(s): Juergen Schimetschek, Andreas Siebert
This paper provides comprehensive technical and scientific information on Munich Re's groupwide Natural Hazard Assessment Network (NATHAN) based on ArcIMS technology. NATHAN is an online tool for analyzing and displaying both the global and the local natural hazard situation based on our World Map of Natural Hazards, published in Esri Map Book (1999) Volume Fourteen. Via the Internet, users can obtain quick and precise answers for the risk management of natural perils. The most important tool is the hazard pointer, which makes possible a qualitative assessment of the natural hazard situation at any point on earth.
By making this extensive body of data available online, we intend to sharpen the awareness of people who reinsure risks, but also the awareness of their clients and business partners with regard to natural catastrophes.
Juergen Schimetschek
Munich Reinsurance Company
Koeniginstrasse 107
Munich, Bavaria 80791
Germany
Phone: 00498938915033
Fax: 004989389175033
E-mail: JSchimetschek@munichre.com