Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-392) and index.
Preface; Acknowledgments; I Cause for Concern; 1 A New Era of Catastrophes; 2 Catastrophe Risk and the Regulation of Property Insurance; 3 A Market Analysis of Property Insurance against Hurricane Risk; 4 Come Rain or Shine; II Understanding the Demand and Supply of Disaster Insurance; 5 Homeowners' Decision Making for Purchasing Insurance Coverage; 6 Private Insurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 7 Private Reinsurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 8 Innovative Insurance-Linked Securities for Financing Extreme Events
9 A Framework for Linking Supply and Demand of Disaster Insurance10 A Multistate Empirical Analysis of Homeowners' Insurance; III Protecting Homeowners Against Natural Disasters; 11 Impact of Insurance Status on Economic Welfare of Homeowners in Hazard-Prone Areas; 12 Enhancing the Implementation of Risk Reduction Measures; 13 Policy Analysis of Alternative Programs; IV Creating Innovative Solutions; 14 Proposed Innovations for Dealing with Catastrophic Risks; 15 Winning the War against the Weather and Other Extreme Events; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; References
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In this work, the authors deliver an analysis of how the US currently mitigates, insures against, and finances recovery from natural disasters.
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Disaster insurance-- United States.
Emergency management-- United States.
Risk management-- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Insurance-- Casualty.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Insurance-- Property.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Insurance-- Risk Assessment & Management.