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The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

As the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season kicks off, all 16 member governments of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) have committed for the sixth year in a row to renew their hurricane and earthquake insurance for 2012-2013 and earned themselves a 25% premium rebate.

The magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off the coast of Antigua on 11 May is "a warning that the Caribbean should prepare for a much more severe earthquake to come," says a leading expert.

This report assesses the specific needs of the sixteen member countries of the Facility to determine how each of the countries views the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), a regional catastrophe fund for Caribbean governments designed

This paper explains the parametric insurance system of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) in the event of a hurricane or an earthquake.

This paper explains the excess rainfall parametric insurance product of the CCRIF and Swiss Re Excess Rainfall, which helps to mitigate the short-term cash flow problems small developing economies suffer after major natural disasters.

A call for tourism dependent nations in the Caribbean to examine better ways of planning for disasters in the region has been made at the launch of a National Stakeholders Meeting and Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Tourism Sector...

This brochure presents the products combining risk reduction and insurance for low income groups such as small-holding farmers and day labourers that will be designed and implemented by the Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean programme