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Forensic Data Analysis & IT |
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Daan
Matheussen
- Director |
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Daniel
Schütze
- Principle IT Consultant |
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Bob Bishop – Senior Consultant. European Engineer, FEANI Group 1. Electronic and Electrical Engineer. Associated with CWA since 1988 as a senior software co-consultant for in-house and external computerised system developments. Experienced in wide range of appliations and collaborates regularly with CWA on software development and systems design projects. Online CV |
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Dr John Whittington – Consultant. MSc in Applied Statistics with medical background. Very experienced consultant statistician with expertise in data collection, screening and processing for numerical and statistical studies across a wide range of applications. Online CV |
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The CWA Forensic Data Analysis & IT Group (the Quant Group) is led by Daan Matheussen, who joined the firm in 1992. The group made its reputation in the mid 90s by providing comprehensive support services to legal clients faced with the task of large scale document and data management in major litigation, notably commodity trading and related oil and gas process performance disputes. The group’s expertise in bespoke database software and forensic data analysis has been applied in diverse applications, including risk, safety and environmental studies. |
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Analysis of Global Portfolio of high value, high peril capital plant for major reinsurers. |
Bespoke software development for specialist insurance and reinsurance applications. |
Statistical investigation of crop damage observed in the light of environmental factors - in conjunction with expert biologist and statistician. |
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Harnessing of continual stream of realtime plant machinery data for retrieval in ‘but-for Business Interruption’ model. |
Analysis of contemporaneous business records to establish trade pattern in large scale oil trading operation. The analysis required specialist software, which was developed in house. |
Analysis of consequential losses arising from fire in food processing plant. |
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Large scale document handling for litigation review including scanning/ review/organisation. |
Modelling the deposition of particulates from power station emissions - in conjunction with expert meteorologist and combustion scientist. |
Analysis of technical records to identify oil use at storage facility over prolonged period of misappropriation |
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Litigation support - including nomination of teams of technical experts, presentation of evidence to the court and in arbitration, when required, using software developed in house. |
Financial Risk Analysis including performance analysis of typical investment strategies for emerging markets. |
Analysis of realisable value at auction of large collection of vintage publications destroyed by warehouse fire. |
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Bespoke
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EML 5.0 is a well established package within the specialist insurance industry serving the Energy Sector. EML 5.0 performs a rapid estimate in monetary terms of the worse case incidents associated with refinery and petrochemical plant, given only minimal data for the plant's layout inventory and value. In particular three major perils are covered: Vapour cloud Explosions (VCE), Pool Fires, and Internal Explosions. The EML 5.0 software package has been developed to meet specific requirements of underwriters and risk managers. It has also proven a useful tool for plant designers and operators, local authorities and other parties who require rapid, cost effective consequence analysis of major refinery and petrochemical industry hazards. EML 5.0 helps analyse the safety implications of alternative plant layouts, including contingency planning. A demo version of the EML software is available for evaluation purposes and can be obtained by contacting CWA.
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CWAESTO was developed to assist legal teams in coping with the ever growing volume and complexity of documentation which they are presented with during legal cases. The powerful software is suited to any situation where large volumes of documents are to be handled and presented. As the software has been developed from its conception by CWA its workings are fully understood and any aspect of the program can be customised to suit specific requirements. |
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Firstly, CWAESTO is
a fully-fledged document management solution. All paper documentation is first scanned into the computer systems, through using OCR technology specifically developed for the legal arena the images are converted to the electronic text, which can be easily stored and searched. As many as 20,000 documents could be stored on a single CD, representing in the first instance a massive saving in terms of volume and weight which would have to be distributed. |
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The presenter has complete control over how and when the material is displayed, and from their own computer can change the display on any of those screens shown to others |
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CAROL (Control and Reconcile Oil Losses): developed in the 1980's, the CAROL Package is recognised Internationally by the Marine Insurance sector and by the Institute of Petroleum LORIAS: database commissioned by major energy underwriter to structure confidential technical information on claims. Developed for internal use in late 1980's IFAL (Instantaneous Fractional Annual Loss): CWA retains the intellectual property right in the IFAL software which is applied in risk assessment consultancy projects. There are prospects of further development of IFAL through a collaboration programme with UK universities and specialist consultants |
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