natural catastrophes. Amidst budgetary cuts, there is a growing concern on societies' ability to design solvent disaster … objectives through the provision of (catastrophic) natural hazard insurance. This is the case of many OECD countries, notably … hazard insurance develop. This paper has a dual objective: 1) review the complex legal background that rules the provision of …

were not sufficiently insured. One explanation why individuals reject to obtain insurance cover against natural hazards is … gives an economic analysis of the institutional arrangements on the market for natural disaster insurances focusing on … market for natural disaster insurances, in the way that it acts as an obstacle for the proper diffusion and therefore the …

This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural … system change are numerous, including failure to recognise the role of state guarantees in enabling private insurance markets …, mistaken legal objections against mandatory insurance, distributional conflicts between central and state governments and re …

This paper explores the impacts of traditional agricultural insurance that offers protection against climatic shocks on … small-scale tobacco farmers in Colombia. We analyze the impacts of access to the insurance on household financial outcomes … natural experimental setup of the form in which the insurance was launched. We find that tobacco producers with access to the …