Natural catastrophe and climate

Disaster Recovery Case Study: Hurricane Katrina

This case study seeks to understand and quantify the key controls on the speed and quality of disaster recovery, including the role of insurance.

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Disaster Recovery Case Study: Superstorm Sandy

This case study seeks to understand and quantify the key controls on the speed and quality of disaster recovery, including the role of insurance.

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Impacts of Severe Natural Catastrophes on Financial Markets

This report explores the potential for very large natural catastrophes to trigger market shocks and subsequent economic downturns that have an impact on an insurance company’s balance sheet.

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Profile of a Macro-Catastrophe Threat Type ‘Freeze’

This paper is part of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies’ Working Paper Series on threats to the global economy.

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Unhedgeable Risk: How Climate Change Sentiment Impacts Investment

This ground-breaking report looks at the economic and financial impacts of climate risk modelled over the next five years in order to identify opportunity for reducing climate-related investment risks.

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Optimising Disaster Recovery: The role of insurance capital in improving economic resilience

This report explores the controls on natural disaster recovery through detailed analysis of global disaster case studies. It aims to understand the role of insurance in affecting recovery outcomes and building resilience.

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Developing Scenarios for Disaster Risk Reduction

The report provides an accessible guide to scenario analysis and applications for the DRR community, to facilitate the understanding, communication, management, and mitigation of disaster risks.

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