Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today
Assessing Crop Damages After Extreme Weather
MIT News
New method to track the impact of typhoons and other natural disasters could enable more precise, timely delivery of food aid.
Study: Seawalls, Coastal Forests in Japan Help Reduce Tsunami Damage
Purdue News
Seawalls higher than 5 meters reduce damage and death, while coastal forests also play an important role in protecting the public.
When Disaster-Response Apps Fail
The Conversation
Communities need to create multiple independent systems to ensure connectivity.
Are Conservationists Worrying Too Much About Climate Change?
New Yorker
The current causes of species loss appear to be inversely proportional to the media attention—and, to some extent, the research and funding attention—they receive.
Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today
Bridging the Risk Modeling Gap
Center for American Progress
Expanding climate-related risk insurance through global risk assessment.
Zurich Insurance Rises as Greco’s Reorganization Gains Traction
Bloomberg
The CEO is trying to improve profitability by cutting jobs, selling assets, being pickier on what the company insures and combining the biggest units, global life and general insurance.
At-Risk B.C. Municipalities Consider Earthquake Coverage
Globe & Mail
Municipalities in southwestern British Columbia are considering buying insurance to bring some crucial infrastructure back online quickly in the event of an earthquake.
General Insurers Expect Bumper Harvest from New Crop Insurance
Financial Express
Indian non-life insurers are hoping to reap a bumper harvest estimated around Rs 13,000 crore per annum from the new crop insurance scheme.
