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Highlighting the need for long range weather planning

Posted on March 10th, 2009 in EU, Global Weather, World, weather with no comments

On the Artemis website today, I read one post which spoke to the pain that the heavy February snowfall caused for UK retailers, noting the need for weather risk protection. Under current economic circumstances, the need for prudent financial risk management is paramount, and the weather risk/weather derivatives industry should view this as an [...]

Cold weather in Europe catching many by surprise

Posted on January 8th, 2009 in EU, Energy, Global Commodities, Uncategorized, futures, weather with no comments

Following some milder weather in mid December, temperatures across much of Europe have been extremely cold from late December through January. London is in the midst of a stretch of several evenings with sub-zero temperatures (5 and counting), which has lead to an unusually high number of infrastructure related problems such as water pipe [...]