ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Earthquake Off West Coast of Sumatra

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Risk -specific modeling is available to
insurers with detailed information about individual properties . As a result,
tsunami warnings have been issued in Thailand, Japan and Sri Lanka.

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Insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries
can now run location-level analyses within CLASIC/2 that incorporate
detailed policy conditions. For more information, please visit
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"This region is capable of producing very large earthquakes," said
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CLASIC/2 enables insurers to model earthquake losses at the
location level by incorporating highly detailed information on each
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BOSTON----AIR Worldwide Corporation
(AIR) today announced its Mediterranean Region Earthquake Model is now
available in its detailed risk modeling software system, CLASIC/2(TM). If
risk-specific data is not available, post code and CRESTA-level data
import is also supported. A member of the ISO family of
companies, AIR was founded in 1987 to provide its insurance,
reinsurance, corporate , and government clients a complete line of risk
modeling software and consulting services that produce consistent and
reliable results.

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AIR's Mediterranean Region Earthquake Model, first
released in 2001, includes Italy, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, and
Israel." In 1997, a series of four
earthquakes in Italy ranging in magnitude from 5.. Geological Survey reported an earthquake, which
was registered at 8.businesswire.

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The update enables European primary insurers, brokers, and reinsurers
to more accurately estimate earthquake losses by incorporating risk
specific information, such as building characteristics and policy
conditions. Headquartered in Boston, AIR has additional offices
in North America, Europe, and Asia.air-worldwide.

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The U.7, struck just off Indonesia 's Sumatra Island
Monday, according to an article by The Associated Press.

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Professor Stephen Pessiki, of Lehigh University , Department of
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Furthermore, aggregate data can be
automatically distributed to higher resolution in CLASIC/2 for more
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Professor Nicholas Pinter, of Southern Illinois University,
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Building quality varies widely in this region and the design and
construction of individual buildings play a very important role in how
structures will react to the ground motion caused by an earthquake.

Model output can be used for a variety of
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optimization, and reinsurance buying.

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Earthquakes of much lower magnitude can also
produce significant losses due to the nature of the building stock,
particularly across southern Europe.
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4 earthquake that struck Izmit,
Turkey in 1999 , killing more than 15,000 and destroying more than
75,000 housing units.

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account for the variations in building stock and construction codes in
the region, AIR has developed detailed damage functions specific to
construction types in each modeled country.

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Residents in coastal areas in northern Malaysia are being evacuated as
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About AIR Worldwide Corporation

AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) is a leading risk modeling company
helping clients manage the financial impact of catastrophes and
weather.

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AIR's Mediterranean Region Earthquake Model Now Available in CLASIC/2

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most recent example is the magnitude 7.
Since its initial release, reinsurers have been using AIR's
Mediterranean Region Earthquake Model in AIR's CATRADER (R) system to
assess their portfolio risk.

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Jayanta Guin, AIR vice president of research and modeling .

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