Role of Insurance in Reducing Flood Risk

David Crichton ()
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David Crichton: Benfield UCL, Hazard Research Centre, University College London

The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2008, vol. 33, issue 1, No 12, 117-132

Abstract: Abstract This paper considers the problems of flood risk management in the context of public and private insurance. It demonstrates the important role of insurance in reducing flood risk with examples from the U.K. and France. It includes a brief description of the summer 2007 floods in England.

Keywords: climate; flooding; insurance; planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510151

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