Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance to Share Knowledge, Data, and Expertise

Newark, Calif. - July 17, 2012  Today Risk Management Solutions (RMS) and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance (TM) announced a long-term collaboration intended to enable the companies to share knowledge and information relevant to Japan earthquake and typhoon risk in order to enhance the development of catastrophe risk models in the Japan market.

"Through this partnership, RMS will enable TM to utilize our information and knowledge to build a resilient risk management strategy, enhance their own view of risk and strengthen the accountability in relation to upcoming Japanese Solvency," said Craig Van Anne, CEO of RMS Japan, RMS's subsidiary in Japan. "Tokio Marine possesses a great deal of data, business knowledge, and insight pertaining to insurance products and claim setting in the Japan market that can help RMS enhance our models."

This collaboration will enhance natural catastrophe risk analysis in Japan, and will be potentially valuable to additional non-life or life insurers, as well as FSA, rating agency, auditors, and risk managers who quantify risk in the region.