RMS Expertise

RMS brings together a unique, multidisciplinary team of experts to create solutions for its clients’ natural hazard and financial risk management challenges. We are the technical leader in our market, with over 100 engineers and scientists devoted to the development of risk models. Of this number, approximately fifty percent hold advanced degrees in their field of expertise.

Our specialists track research among leading experts and academic institutions worldwide, and supplement this knowledge with internal R&D to ensure that our models provide the most complete and accurate quantification of risk. To ensure that clients obtain maximum benefit from our modeling solutions, we maintain a network of approximately 60 client service representatives in offices worldwide.

Our professional staff includes individuals with expertise in all disciplines and industries relevant to natural and man-made hazard risk management, including:

Financial	Technical	Industries
actuarial science	computer science	insurance
decision sciences	engineering	capital markets
quantitative	earth sciences	high-tech
mathematics	meteorology	software
economics	environmental	consulting
statistics	science	banking
accounting & finance	geography	emergency management
RMS Experts The following is a selected list of RMS experts. Click on the links to read their biographies and view samples of their research. Hemant H. Shah Dr. Weimin Dong Dr. Robert Muir-Wood Dr. Gordon Woo Dr. Andrew Coburn Dr. Auguste Boissonnade Rick Anderson Hemant H. Shah is co-founder, president, and CEO of RMS. He serves on various Boards including the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and St. John's School of Risk Management and Actuarial Science and is a director of the RAND Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University. "In the Spotlight: Hemant Shah," Reactions, February 2004 "Model Citizen," Risk & Insurance, July 2003 Dr. Weimin Dong is a co-founder and chief risk officer at RMS. He has over 30 years of industrial, teaching, and research experience in seismic hazard evaluation, and insurance and financial risk assessment. Dr. Dong is the chief architect of RMS' catastrophe models, and has overseen the company's R&D efforts since its inception. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and his Master of Engineering Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. "Building a More Profitable Portfolio: Catastrophe Risk Pricing," October 1, 2003 "Modern Portfolio Theory with Application to Catastrophe Insurance," May 2001 Dr. Robert Muir-Wood is chief research officer at RMS. Dr. Muir-Wood has more than 20 years of experience developing probabilistic catastrophe models and has collaborated with the insurance industry over the past 15 years to improve catastrophe analysis accuracy. Dr. Muir-Wood received his degrees and was an Earth Sciences Research Fellow at Cambridge University. "The Impact of Extra Tropical Transition on Hurricane Risk in the Northeast U.S.," 26th Annual Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, May, 2004 "Climate Chaos," Risk & Insurance, March 1, 2004 Dr. Gordon Woo is a catastrophe risk consultant for RMS and chief architect for the RMS Terrorism Model. He has extensive experience on quantitative risk assessment at nuclear, chemical, petroleum, and military installations. Dr. Woo graduated in Mathematics at the top of his class at Cambridge University and completed his PhD at MIT as a Kennedy Scholar. "Understanding Terrorism Risk," The Risk Report, January 2004 "Natural Catastrophe Probable Maximum Loss," British Actuarial Journal, 2003 Dr. Andrew Coburn is VP of catastrophe research and director of terrorism research. He has contributed to the R&D of modeling for terrorism, human casualty, cyber-risk, and earthquake risk. Dr. Coburn completed his PhD at Cambridge University and has studied many catastrophes, developing techniques for their analysis, modeling, and quantification. "Catastrophe, Injury, and Insurance," RMS 2004 "Echoes of Sept 11," Risk & Insurance, April 15, 2004 Dr. Auguste Boissonnade is VP of product development for RMS and was the original architect of the RMS hurricane models. He has more than 20 years experience in structural analysis and design, natural hazard modeling, and risk assessment for the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia. Dr. Boissonnade has a B.S. from Ecole Superieure des Travaux Publics and a PhD from Stanford University, where he has been a Consulting Professor. "Equivalent 10-meter Wind Speeds in Hurricane Fabian," 26th Annual Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, May, 2004 "Weather Data: Cleaning and Enhancement," Chapter 5 from the book Climate Risk and the Weather Market: Financial Risk Management with Weather Hedges Rick Anderson is the chief actuary at RMS. He is responsible for the R&D of the financial module and modeling of uncertainty in the catastrophe models and R&D of enterprise-wide risk modeling for property/casualty insurance companies. Mr. Anderson earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Illinois State University, is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. "Pricing Catastrophe Reinsurance with Reinstatement Provisions Using a Catastrophe Model," Casualty Actuarial Society "Analyzing Insurance-Linked Securities," Journal of Risk Finance RMS experts regularly contribute to academic and industry publications and conferences, offering research findings and leading discussions on topics driving the insurance and catastrophe risk management industry. If you are looking for speakers for an upcoming event, please contact Jennifer Mueller at +44.20.7444.7711 or jennifer.mueller@rms.com.

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