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Event Highlights

February 23, 2012: Geophysical Hazards Masters Programme; Dr Anongnart Assteerawatt of RMS will be giving a lecture on 'Flood Catastrophe Modeling' at the University College in London.

February 23, 2012: Live RMS Webinar: Introducing Miu Pricing Service; Building on the success of Miu, the RMS RiskMarkets team is now introducing the Miu Pricing Service. Join the live WebEx held on Thursday, February 23 at 10:00am EST to learn about what this data service offers. If Interested, please contact Jewell Zhang for WebEx password.

Feb 27- March 20, 2012: NATO; Gordon Woo will be lecturing at the NATO Centre of Excellence for the Defence Against Terrorism. The course on terrorism crisis management is hosted by the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps in Istanbul.

February 29, 2012: Live RMS Webinar: Asia Risk Briefing; The significant and unexpected insurance losses from the 2011 Thai floods highlight how rapid development in emerging economies have created large concentrations of commercial and industrial exposures at risk to natural catastrophes. Join us in a live webinar as we explore how the industry has become exposed through their inability to track the risk in areas outside the traditional peril model regions. This live webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 29 at 4:30pm SGT and CST / 5:30pm JST. If interested, please contact Jewell Zhang for WebEx password.

March 1, 2012: The Economist Insurance Summit; Robert Muir-Wood will be participating in a panel discussion on 'Reinsurance & the Modelled World - A New Playing Field and New Rules of the Game' at Hotel Russell in London.

March 1-2, 2012: SIFMA; RMS will be participating in this year's SIFMA Conference at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. An RMS speaker on the panel discussion will be determined in the coming weeks.

March 4-7, 2012: Society of Actuaries ReFocus 2012; Peter Ulrich, senior vice president of the Life Risk Solutions team, will participate in a panel discussion on 'Natural & Unnatural Disasters: Trends or Aberrations?' at the Society of Actuaries ReFocus event in Las Vegas.

March 14-16, 2012: State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit; Hemant Shah will speak about 'The Future of Modeling' while Robert Muir-Wood will give a talk on the 'Florida Hurricane Risk in a Global Context' at the State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Hotel. Other RMS representatives will be present at the event. To schedule a meeting, please contact Jessica Zukowski.

March 20, 2012: Department of Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics; Gordon Woo, catastrophist at RMS, will be giving a talk on catastrophe risk management on March 20 in the Department of Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

March 21-22, 2012: Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute; Robert Muir-Wood will be in attendance at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute to analyze and discuss medium term hurricane landfall rates in version 11 & looking ahead to 2012.

April 10-13, 2012: National Earthquake Conference; Patricia Grossi, director of model product management, is scheduled to present in the New Madrid Earthquake Scenarios plenary session at the National Earthquake Conference in Memphis. In addition, Maiclaire Bolton, manager of global earthquakes, will moderate the Underwriting and Communicating Risks plenary session.

April 15-17, 2012: 2012 AAIS Main Event Conference; Ryan Ogaard, senior vice president of model product management, is scheduled to present at the AAIS Conference in San Diego on the performance of catastrophe models in 2011, and what insurers and reinsurers can expect in the future.

April 22-24, 2012: IRU Spring Conference 2012; Michael Young, senior director of mitigations and regulatory affairs, will participate in the catastrophe modeling panel at the IRU Spring Conference in Miami.

April 25, 2012: Insurance Data & Analytics Summit; RMS is a sponsor of the Acord & Reactions event and will be in attendance with a speaker to be determined in the coming weeks.

April 30-May3, 2012: Coastal Cities Summit; Kay Cleary, director of regulatory practices, will participate on the 'Climate Change Catastrophes Avoided' panel discussion at the Coastal Cities Summit in St. Petersburg, FL.

May 1-4, 2012: 2012 RMS Client Conference; RMS will host its annual client conference on May 1-4, 2012 at the Swissotel in Chicago, Illinois. Registration will open in early February. Please contact Komal Patel for inquiries relating to the conference.

May 3, 2012: Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Gordon Woo is presenting on the topic of 'Learning about natural hazards from man-made disasters,' at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on May 3.

May 22-23, 2012: Managing Cat Risk Conference 2012; Claire Souch, vice president of model solutions, represents RMS in speaking on the topic, 'Assessing The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Established Cat Risk Models: Vendor Comparisons & Quick Fire Q&A'.

May 24, 2012: Canadian Insurance Financial Forum; Ryan Ogaard, senior vice president of model product management at RMS will be speaking at the Canadian Insurance Financial Forum. Additional details will be shared in the following months.

May 24, 2012: LifeRisks Event: Investigating Future Mortality; RMS' LifeRisks Event: Investigating Future Mortality: Blending Medical and Actuarial Science for Life and Longevity Risk Management will take place on May 24 at the Merchant Taylors Hall in London. Registration will open late March. Please contact Rachel Keenan for any inquiries.

May 30- June 1, 2012: Pensions Conference 2012; Jon Palin, director of actuarial sciences at RMS, will present on 'How structural models of mortality can inform decision-making.'

May 31, 2012: Property & Casualty Insurance Industry Forum; Robert Muir-Wood will be giving a talk around earthquake risk in Canada at the P&C Insurance Industry Forum taking place in Toronto on May 31.

June 21, 2012: PAMIC Executive Roundtable; Michael Kistler, director of model solutions at RMS, is scheduled to present at this event.

May 7-10, 2013: 2013 RMS Client Conference; RMS will host its annual client conference on May 7-10, 2013 at the Fairmont Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia.

News & Announcements

February 17, 2011 RMS Conducts Risk Analysis of Dutch Population Longevity for Capital Markets Investors December, 2011 "From Christchurch to Canada" Canadian Underwriter December 14, 2011 RMS Performs Risk Analysis for U.S. Earthquake Casualty Catastrophe Bond December 14, 2011 Even Moderate New Madrid Earthquake Could Generate Up to $50 Billion in Insured Losses Today October 4, 2011 RMS Releases U.S. Storm Surge Hazard Dataset for Enhanced Underwriting September 30, 2011 RMS Releases Paradex Loss Estimate for Typhoon Roke September 12, 2011 RMS Estimates Hurricane Irene Insured Losses at USD$2.5 to $5.5 Billion from Wind and Surge in U.S. and Caribbean August 15, 2011 RMS Releases New Version of its Data Quality Toolkit for Enhanced Exposure Data Management August 8, 2011 RMS Performs Analysis for Two New Series of Notes Issued by Vita Capital July, 2011 The Version 11.0 RMS U.S. Hurricane Model – Q&A with Dr. Claire Souch July 13, 2011 RMS Releases Major Upgrade to Europe Windstorm Model June 29, 2011 RMS Releases New Model Covering China and Hong Kong Typhoon June 2, 2011 Version 11.0 of the RMS U.S. Hurricane Model Approved by Florida Commission May 16, 2011 RMS Releases Enhanced Version of the Miu ILS Portfolio Management Platform April 12, 2011 RMS Releases Insured Loss Estimate for Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami April 6, 2011 Version 11.0 Market Adoption February 28, 2011 RMS Advances View of U.S. Hurricane Risk January 21, 2011 RMS Response to Karen Clark Report on Near-term Hurricane Models January 5, 2011 RMS Models First Successful Longevity Bond October 26, 2010 RMS Models Excess Mortality for New Catastrophe Bond Issuance September 9, 2010 RMS Awarded "Service Provider of the Year" in 2010 Worldwide Reinsurance Awards August 27, 2010 Five Years Later – How New Orleans Flood Risk Has Changed Since Hurricane Katrina August 5, 2010 RMS Develops First High Performance Computing Catastrophe Modeling Solution July 13, 2010 Success of Terrorist Plots in U.S. is Dependent on Size of Terrorist Network, Says RMS July 12, 2010 RMS Unveils New Approach To Quantifying Longevity Risk May 10, 2010 China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation Licenses RMS Catastrophe Models May 4, 2010 RMS' Portfolio Management Platform Licensed by Three New Clients April 21, 2010 Q-Re Selects RMS Catastrophe Modeling Software December 22, 2009 Ten Years After – How Windstorm Modeling has Matured since the 1999 European Storms December 17, 2009 RMS Provides Miu Platform for Falcon Private Bank Ltd. to Manage Insurance-Linked Securities November 24, 2009 RMS Performs Analysis for Catastrophe Bond Covering H1N1 Flu Pandemic August 18, 2009 Fermat Capital Selects RMS Miu Platform to Manage Insurance-Linked Securities August 6, 2009 RMS Unveils New Models for Evaluating Earthquake Risk in North America July 27, 2009 RMS Hurricane Model Re-Certified by Florida Commission May 19, 2009 RMS To Release Data Quality Toolkit, Enabling Companies To Target Data Improvements April 15, 2009 Florida Hurricane Risk Reduced By $1.50 Per Dollar Granted to Strengthen Homes March 23, 2009 RMS Appoints New Chief Technology Officer to Lead the Development of Its Next Generation Software March 12, 2009 RMS Expert Talks on Quantifying the Terrorist Threat Under the Obama Administration March 9, 2009 RMS Partners with Fireman's Fund Insurance Company on Study of Per Risk Fire Underwriting December 16, 2008 Long-Term Collaboration between Munich Re and RMS to Extend Risk Research September 9, 2008 Adaptation is Key to Managing Coastal Flood Risk August 14, 2008 RMS Launches Unique Winterstorm Model and Severe Convective Storm Model for U.S. and Canada June 24, 2008 One in Four British Homes at Flood Risk, Says RMS June 2, 2008 RMS Releases First Parametric Industry Loss Index for U.S. Hurricane Risks October 12, 2007 Climate Change Research Recognized as IPCC Wins Nobel Peace Prize April 10, 2007 RMS Performs Analysis for First Great Britain River Flood Securitization February 20, 2007 RMS Releases First Commercially Available Probabilistic Risk Model for Influenza Pandemic December 5, 2006 RMS Appoints Mary Lou Zoback as Vice President, Earthquake Risk Applications April 1, 2006 April 2006 - RMS Co-founder Haresh Shah Named One of the Top Seismic Engineers of the 20th Century September 19, 2005 RMS Combines Real-time Reconnaissance with Risk Models to Estimate Katrina Losses September 9, 2004 RMS Awarded "Service Provider of the Year" in 2004 Worldwide Reinsurance Awards June 1, 2004 Dr. Gordon Woo from RMS Named One of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance by Treasury & Risk Management Magazine

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February 21, 2012Tropical Cyclone GiovannaFebruary 14, 2012Northern California Earthquake Mw5.6

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