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Many Florida residents believe they don't need to buy flood insurance. They don't live in a high-risk flood zone. But flooding can happen anywhere, often to the surprise of residents who thought they were covered for disaster. When…

Historically, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) employed the HEC-RAS software for one-dimensional modeling (1D), and therefore, all the flood insurance maps were developed using this technique. The launch of Flow…

Gernot Laganda: There are three key drivers of hunger. The first one is conflicts. Then we have climate extremes, and then we have economic shocks and climate shocks such as droughts, storms, floods, heat waves. They cause increasing…

Khushbu Mishra, MRR Innovation Lab researcher and economist at Stetson University, recently published a paper on bundling insurance against drought with agricultural loans to encourage smallholder uptake of agricultural technology in…

PEARL RIVER, N.Y., September 27, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Fire Districts of New York Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. (FDMNY), has maintained its AM Best "A-" rating in the Financial Strength…

Matt Stauffer, Senior risk advisor, Gregory & Appel Insurance Gregory & Appel Insurance discusses issues leading to higher insurance premiums for timeshare resorts in 2024 By understanding the factors at play and…

The initial estimates of damage from the wildfire on Maui last month suggest it will cost $5.5 billion to rebuild just the town of Lahaina. But that is certain to be too low, and not just because construction costs in Hawaii…

About Pension Markets in Focus Recent years have witnessed intense pension reform efforts in countries around the globe, often involving an increased use of funded pension programmes managed by the private sector. These funded…

  08/12/2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll among elderly people although retirees have seen their pension payments well protected across OECD countries. Future pension entitlements have also been…

  27/01/2022 - Slovenia should encourage people to work longer and reform its pensions system in order to make it financially sustainable while preserving pensioners’ living standards, according to a new OECD…

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  Retirement saving pension plans such as defined contribution plans are increasingly an integral part of most countries’ overall pension system, and in some countries they are the main component of their pension…

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  15 Sept-1 Oct 2021      Virtual Interactive Event Blockchain at the Frontier: Cross-border co-operation and stronger global governanceBlockchain represents a novel governance tool ruled by protocols and…

Appraisals underpin management strategy for building financial climate resilience.WASHINGTON, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Demex Group, (Demex) the first provider of comprehensive solutions for modeling, assessing, and managing…

LACEY, Wash.– People living in a flood-prone area, specifically a Special Flood Hazard Area or floodway, who are receiving assistance from FEMA for a flood-damaged structure or its contents, must have and maintain flood insurance for the…

LACEY, Wash. – Your house has never flooded. You have a homeowner's insurance policy. You're thinking, "I'm covered." Maybe not. Many Washington residents may believe they don't need to buy flood insurance because they don't live in a…

BOTHELL, Wash. – Canyon County, Idaho, will be placed on probationary status by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on December 21, 2021, due to violations in the community’s floodplain management program. Canyon County is an…

Gamal Abinsaid is a young doctor who was inspired to set up the micro-insurance program which empowers people to take an active role in managing their waste and improving their set up Garbage Clinical Insurance to help communities in need…

Chapters:-------------Introduction: 0:00The Four Factors That Make Climate Change Hard to Stop: 1:29The Unknown Unknowns of Climate Change: 3:43Free-Riders: Why Society is Paying for Your Carbon Emissions: 5:16Cap and Trade in CA: How Other…