Application of re/insurance models to estimate increases in flood risk due to climate change

Abstract Background Floods are the most common and most expensive natural hazard, and they are expected to become more frequent as the climate changes. This article presents research that used re/insurance catastrophe models to estimate the influence of climate change on flood-related losses. The ge...

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Main Authors: Jason Thistlethwaite, Andrea Minano, Jordan A. Blake, Daniel Henstra, Daniel Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:Geoenvironmental Disasters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40677-018-0101-9