All pages with keywords: disaster risk

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Strengthening insurance partnerships in the face of climate change – insights from an agent-based model of flood insurance in the UK

a working paper by Florence Crick, Katie Jenkins, Swenja Surminski 9 June, 2016

This paper investigates how partnerships can incentivise flood risk reduction by focusing on the UK public-private partnership on flood insurance. read more »


Novel and improved insurance instruments for risk reduction

Novel and improved insurance instruments for risk reduction

a working paper by Swenja Surminski, Florence Crick, Jillian Eldridge, Paul Hudson, Jeroen Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Jaroslav Mysiak, Carlos Dionisio Pérez-Blanco, Francisco Rego, Robin Nicolai, Carlos Neto, Reinhard Mechler, António Macedo, Anna Lorant, Conceição Colaço 30 March, 2015

In the context of natural disaster insurance and risk reduction this paper looks at how to assess existing insurance offerings and how to design new schemes. read more »


Response to European Commission’s green paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters

Response to European Commission’s green paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters

a policy paper by Swenja Surminski, Florence Crick 1 July, 2013

of key points Insurance is one tool amongst others in a holistic natural disaster risk management strategy. Risk transfer alone, without consideration of risk reduction efforts, is not a … read more »


Incorporating climate change and growth into the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction

Incorporating climate change and growth into the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction

a policy paper by Nicola Ranger 1 April, 2013

The economic costs of natural disasters have continued to rise since the early 1980s and are expected to rise further given the challenges of climate change and population … read more »