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About RMS
RMS is the world's leading provider of products, services, and expertise
for the quantification and management of catastrophe risk. Founded at
Stanford University in 1988, RMS grew rapidly in the 1990s, offering
technology and services for the management of insurance catastrophe risk
associated with natural perils such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and
windstorms, as well as products for weather derivatives and enterprise
risk management for the P&C insurance industry. Today, RMS also leads
the market in risk modeling for man-made disasters associated with acts
of terrorism, and recently released the first infectious disease model to
quantify and manage the risks associated with pandemic disease on the
world’s population and economy.
Objectivity Independence
and objective risk assessment are guiding principles at RMS. More than
400 leading insurers, reinsurers, trading companies, and other financial
institutions rely on RMS models to quantify, manage, and transfer risk.
As an established provider of risk modeling to companies across all
market segments, RMS provides solutions that can be trusted as reliable
benchmarks for strategic pricing, risk management, and risk transfer
decisions. Market Leadership RMS continues to grow through research and technology innovation and superior client service. In 2002, 2003, 2005,
and 2007, RMS was named "Risk Modeling Agency of the Year" by Reactions magazine, a leading insurance industry publication. This title further establishes RMS’ leading position as the largest catastrophe model provider, having the broadest product line by peril and geography. Corporate
Structure Over 1,000 RMS employees serve the global
financial markets from offices worldwide, with RMS headquarters in
Newark, California, and offices in the U.S., U.K., Bermuda, France,
Switzerland, India, and Japan. RMS is owned by DMG Information (DMGI), a
division of the U.K.-based group, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT),
plc. DMGT is listed on the London Stock exchange and details of major
shareholders disclosed in its Annual Report, available at
www.dmgt.co.uk.
RMS control and ownership remains independent of any individual or
company in the insurance or reinsurance market.
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