Consultancy and Training
My work on the clustering of storms and floods has raised awareness in
the insurance industry about clustering, and
has stimulated major improvements in the
vendor catastrophe models, which are the
main tools used by insurance companies to
price windstorm insurance.
I was a founding member in 2006 of the
WTW
research network,
a major partnership between academia and the
insurance industry. The WRN’s research has
been valuable to the whole insurance
industry, which is a particularly successful
UK sector, employing around 315,000 people
and contributing nearly £12bn in tax
revenues in 2014.
Since 2010, I have served as the windstorm expert on the Advisory
Council on Catastrophes of Zurich Insurance
(one of the world’s largest insurers). In
2017, my advice on climate change risks
helped support their corporate decision to
divest from insuring the coal industry.
I have also provided expert advice on several other consultancies
e.g. on temperature forecasts and extremes
for EDF France and Horizon Nuclear
Power.
In addition to this consultancy work, I have also successfully
delivered many short bespoke training
courses on advanced statistical methods to
climate scientists at the U. of Bergen, the
UK Met Office, and the U. of Pavia.
Please email me if you think my climate and statistical expertise
might be of use to you either as a consultancy or training.
