This report makes use of a unique set of data on premiums and claims provided by global reinsurance companies to … examine the contribution that reinsurance has made to enhancing the capacity of the primary insurance market to manage … catastrophe risk and to reducing the economic and insurance market disruption that often follows catastrophic events. …

This methodological framework for disaster risk assessment and risk financing is intended to help finance ministries … and other governmental authorities in developing more effective disaster risk management strategies and, in particular …, financial strategies, building on strengthened risk assessment and risk financing. While the framework does not specifically …

catastrophic in their consequences. Therefore, the elaboration of effective risk-management plans, aimed at formulating viable …, governments and international organizations. This report focuses on the role of insurance and reinsurance companies in the … management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular. It discusses the …

This paper examines the potential role of emerging technologies and innovation in enhancing risk assessment and … encouraging policyholder risk reduction, including: an overview of potential applications of new technologies to risk assessment … and risk reduction; an assessment of potential challenges to technology adoption (including regulatory challenges), and …

Insurance markets play an essential role in the financial management of disaster risks by encouraging proper risk …. Providing domestic insurers with the ability to leverage the capacity of international reinsurance and capital markets while … providing insurance for catastrophe risks and catastrophe reinsurance oversight implemented in four Asian countries: India …

produce significant financial, economic and social costs each year. This report examines the role of catastrophe risk …