How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks

How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks

Insurance plays a vital role in protecting people, businesses, and public institutions against shocks, allowing them to transfer risks and purchase security. Insurers in advanced economies even act as financial intermediaries. In many emerging econ...

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Main Authors: Swann, Stacy, Miller, Alan
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
WEATHER INSURANCE
INSURANCE
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
NATURAL DISASTERS
CATASTROPHE INSURANCE
INDEX INSURANCE
MICROINSURANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/259061477473210711/How-business-can-insure-against-climate-risks
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spelling okr-10986-303372021-05-25T10:54:41Z How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks Swann, Stacy Miller, Alan CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE IMPACT WEATHER INSURANCE INSURANCE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES NATURAL DISASTERS CATASTROPHE INSURANCE INDEX INSURANCE MICROINSURANCE Insurance plays a vital role in protecting people, businesses, and public institutions against shocks, allowing them to transfer risks and purchase security. Insurers in advanced economies even act as financial intermediaries. In many emerging economies, however, insurance is still in a nascent stage. Yet it has the potential to become a critical tool for businesses to build operations that are resilient to climate change while also providing a source of economic growth. For insurance in emerging economies to take off, the public and private sectors must first lay the necessary groundwork. 2018-09-05T17:13:36Z 2018-09-05T17:13:36Z 2016-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/259061477473210711/How-business-can-insure-against-climate-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30337 English EMCompass,no. 11; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
WEATHER INSURANCE
INSURANCE
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
NATURAL DISASTERS
CATASTROPHE INSURANCE
INDEX INSURANCE
MICROINSURANCE
spellingShingle CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE IMPACT
WEATHER INSURANCE
INSURANCE
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
NATURAL DISASTERS
CATASTROPHE INSURANCE
INDEX INSURANCE
MICROINSURANCE
Swann, Stacy
Miller, Alan
How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks
relation EMCompass,no. 11;
description Insurance plays a vital role in protecting people, businesses, and public institutions against shocks, allowing them to transfer risks and purchase security. Insurers in advanced economies even act as financial intermediaries. In many emerging economies, however, insurance is still in a nascent stage. Yet it has the potential to become a critical tool for businesses to build operations that are resilient to climate change while also providing a source of economic growth. For insurance in emerging economies to take off, the public and private sectors must first lay the necessary groundwork.
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author Swann, Stacy
Miller, Alan
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Miller, Alan
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title How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks
title_short How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks
title_full How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks
title_fullStr How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks
title_full_unstemmed How Business Can Insure Against Climate Risks
title_sort how business can insure against climate risks
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
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