Expert Observes Improvements In Terror Modeling

NU Online News Service, April 7, 4 :03 p.m. EST?Modeling for terrorism events, since the Sept. 11, 2001 U.S. attacks, has improved to predict secondary effects such as disability and eventual cleanup costs, according to one expert.[@@]

David Lalonde, senior vice president at CAT-modeling firm AIR Worldwide, gave that assessment recently in an appearance before the Casualty Actuarial Society's annual Ratemaking Seminar in New Orleans.

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