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Naturgefahren und Klimawandel: die Rolle der Versicherungswirtschaft
Höppe, Peter - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 77 (2008) 4, pp. 110-115
Die GeoRisikoForschung der Münchener Rück analysiert seit mehr als 30 Jahren Naturkatastrophen rund um den Globus und … dokumentiert diese in der NatCatSERVICE-Datenbank. Die Daten zeigen einen deutlichen Anstieg der Naturkatastrophen, der vor allem … durch wetterbedingte Ereignisse begründet ist. Für die geophysikalisch verursachten Naturkatastrophen ergeben sich keine …
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Naturgefahren und Klimawandel: die Rolle der Versicherungswirtschaft
Höppe, Peter - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 77 (2008) 4, pp. 110-115
geophysikalisch verursachten Naturkatastrophen ergeben sich keine vergleichbaren Anstiege. Daher liegt es nahe, dass der Klimawandel … mehr als 30 Jahren Naturkatastrophen rund um den Globus und dokumentiert diese in der NatCatSERVICE-Datenbank. Die Daten … zeigen einen deutlichen Anstieg der Naturkatastrophen, der vor allem durch wetterbedingte Ereignisse begründet ist. Für die …
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Modelling Climate Litigation Risk for (Re)Insurers
Lockman, Martin - 2023
In response to the growing threat of climate change, the insurance industry has made significant investments in modelling and quantifying physical climate risks. However, the emerging risk of climate litigation has proven particularly difficult to model. In 2015 Mark Carney, then-Governor of the...
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Disaster insurance in developing Asia : an analysis of market-based schemes
Surminski, Swenja; Panda, Architesh; Lambert, Peter John - 2019
In recent years, insurance against natural disasters has gained recognition as an important tool for climate risk management that could, if carefully implemented, help increase the resilience of those insured. In response, insurance solutions are increasingly tested and applied in many countries...
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Natural hazards insurance in Europe : tailored responses to climate change needed
Schwarze, Reimund; Wagner, Gert G. - 2009
This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural characteristics and peculiarities. It also discusses the difficulties of an adaptation of these systems to climate change and a growing number of natural disasters. Using the case of...
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Disaster (over-)insurance : the long-term financial and socioeconomic consequences of Hurricane Katrina
Bleemer, Zachary; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - 2017
Federal disaster insurance - in the form of national flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other programs - is designed to nationally distribute large geography-specific shocks such as earthquakes and hurricanes. This study examines how residents were affected on...
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Partnerships for affordable and equitable disaster insurance
Myšiak, Jaroslav; Pérez-Blanco, C. D. - 2015
Extreme events are becoming more frequent and intense, inflating the economic damages and social hardship set-off by natural catastrophes. Amidst budgetary cuts, there is a growing concern on societies' ability to design solvent disaster recovery strategies, while addressing equity and...
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Vulnerability to natural disasters and insurance : insights from the Italian case
De Masi, Francesco; Porrini, Donatella - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-12
The aim of this article is to analyze the concept of “vulnerability” to natural disasters, focusing on the specific case of the Italian earthquake insurance. In this sense, we examine in detail the vulnerability definition and its relevance for citizens and for insurance companies. Then we...
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Charity hazard : a real hazard to natural disaster insurance?
Raschky, Paul A.; Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore - 2007
After the flooding in 2002 European governments provided billions of Euros of financial assistance to their citizens. Although there is no doubt that solidarity and some sort of assistance is reasonable, the question arises why these damages were not sufficiently insured. One explanation why...
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Estimating the effects of risk transfer mechanisms against floods in Europe and USA : a dynamic panel approach
Raschky, Paul A. - 2007
An analysis of the effects of natural hazards on society does not solely depend on a region's topographic or climatic exposure to natural processes, but the region's institutional resilience to natural processes that ultimately determines whether natural processes result in a natural hazard or...
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