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Displaying 15 of about 125 resultsBushfires, floods, and storms are a part of the Australian experience. In recent years they have become more common and the impacts, more intense. Moreover, in the future, climate change will mean that extreme events will become more frequent and intense. This presents a challenge to communities that are exposed to natural hazards.
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The integrated approach will be based on a cooperation and expertise of several partners, including GIZ, Swiss Re, public sector agencies in China, as well as international experts, federations, foundations and others. Together, these agencies shall provide state-of-the-art-solutions cutting across various sectors, including urbanisation, reconstruction…
The SANASA network has about 400,000 of its members engaged in agricultural activities and about 47 per cent of the members live on less than Rs. 5,000 (about 50$ US) a month. The main risks affecting crops are linked to drought, flooding and insects. The index-based crop insurance project was centered on the adaptation of a weather-based crop insurance…
Fundación Profin developed a comprehensive risk management solution for farmer populations in southern Bolivia. In this case a composite product with life, property and agricultural components was developed to be distributed through local financial institutions and cooperatives. Furthermore, the catalyzer role of Fundación Profin lead to broker partners…
The core objective of the project is to build the resilience of food-insecure smallholders through an integrated risk management approach which includes weather index insurance, assets creation, credit and savings interventions, and climate services.
The core objective of the project is to provide SMEs and municipalities with climate and disaster risk management knowledge and tools to improve risk awareness, assessment, prevention and reduction of risks linked to extreme climate events as well as support the implementation of adaptation plans.
The belief that index insurance holds significant potential to reduce climate risk for small-holder farmers through its protection and promotion roles, significantly improving the welfare of farm households, which is why this study brings together experts from across the insurance, agriculture and climate change sectors to find the best ways to scale-up…
This report aims to document the current state of the private residential flood insurance market in the US and identify the main factors influencing the number and form of flood insurance policies offered by the private market.
The federal National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) underwrites the overwhelming majority of residential flood insurance polic…
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.
Mining has important economic benefits for British Columbia, but it also comes with environmental risks. This paper argues that requiring “financial assurance” from mining companies can reduce the risk of disaster. Legislated financial assurance requirements oblige companies to commit funds against their environmental risks. Instruments can includ…
This study is focused on building resilience to floods in a changing climate. It points to the need for a paradigm shift from reacting to crises towards a risk-based, anticipatory, holistic and all-of-society approach to managing the potential impacts of catastrophes. As part of its commitment to strengthening socio-economic resilience to extreme events…
This study argues that the focus on insurance by developed countries is too narrow and comes at the expense of a serious consideration of other options. Insurance is only one tool in a much larger toolbox. The emphasis on insurance is also self-serving and diverts the focus from the failure of developed countries to provide adequate and predictable publ…
This paper presents research from collaboration between the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) at James Cook University and insurer Suncorp over the last two years. A key outcome of this work has been an insurance premium reduction program by Suncorp known as the 'Cyclone Resilience Benefit'. Background research conducted for the program by the CTS is discus…
This document presents the FM Global Resilience Index as the first data-driven tool and repository that ranks the business resilience of 130 countries. It is designed to help executives evaluate and manage supply chain risk. Nine key drivers of supply chain risk are grouped into three categories: (i) economic; (ii) risk quality, including exposure to na…
This document the fourth annual report of the Microinsurance Innovation Facility, a mechanism aimed at protecting poor people against risks – such as accidents, illnesses, death in the family, natural disasters and property losses – in exchange for insurance premium payments tailored to their preferences and capacity to pay. It addresses disaster covera…