Insurance and risk transfer

With a 60% increase in recent decades, the Northeast has experienced the largest regional increase of extreme precipitation in the U.S., according to a government report published in November 2023.

This study serves as a starting point for the systematic quantification and minimization of basis risk in tsunami parametric insurance, by evaluating risk indicators of both negative and positive basis risk.

Key milestone achieved in the Tripartite Programme’s sub-sovereign risk transfer project, advancing climate resilience for vulnerable communities and building future-ready nations.

Traditionally designed to cover post-disaster losses, insurance – when structured around forecast-based triggers – has the potential to release rapid, pre-arranged funding based on early warning systems.

This brief explains how Practical Action is working with smallholder farmers in the Lower Karnali River Basin, Nepal, to strengthen their resilience to recurring monsoon floods using flood early warning systems (EWS) and livelihoods diversification.

This report aims to measure the impact of innovative parametric insurance on a pilot project in Nepal

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ways that will affect the hazards local residents face far into the future.