Insurance & risk transfer

The process of formally or informally shifting the financial consequences of particular risks from one party to another, whereby a household, community, enterprise or State authority will obtain resources from the other party after a disaster occurs, in exchange for ongoing or compensatory social or financial benefits provided to that other party.

This theme covers aspects of disaster risk financing, catastrophe bonds, financial resilience, and micro-insurance.

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The main purpose of this publication is to reflect in one document recovery assistance and services available to victims of a disaster incident.
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Australian Emergency Manual Series
PART III: Volume 3 — Guidelines Guide 11

The series has been developed to assist in the management and delivery of support services in a disaster context. 

These Guidelines and the associated case study ‘Economic and

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From 18 to 20 October, the Munich Re Foundation held the 2005 Microinsurance Conference ‘Making Insurance Work for the Poor: Current Practices and Lessons Learnt’. In cooperation with the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, around a hundred selected

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This report is a summary of the Microinsurance Conference 2006 held in Cape Town, South Africa, jointly hosted by the CAGP Working Group on Microinsurance and the Munich Re Foundation with the support of FinMark Trust. This event was aimed at discussing

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When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, it clearly brought with it the worst devastation from a natural disaster in our country’s history. It also revealed longstanding problems that continue to afflict many of our nation’s

photo by Benny Hidayat with permission
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A view from the reinsurance industry on the rising impact of natural hazard related disasters and how it is driving up the cost of disaster relief and reconstruction for the public sector....
Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)
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As the hurricane season begins, both private and public sectors call for community preparedness. In particular, the insurance industry advises homeowners get adequately insured....
Cayman Net News, Cayman Net Ltd
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As a result of recent high-profile disasters the area of disaster management is becoming increasingly significant and recognises within both the public and private sectors, spanning the areas of health and safety, occupational health and risk and

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