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Paying the price : the status and role of insurance against natural disasters in the United States /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Keillor CollectionPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, 1998.Description: xvi, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0309063612 (alk. paper)
  • 9780309063616 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 368.1/22/00973 21
LOC classification:
  • HG9979.3 .P39 1998
Other classification:
  • S ECON.040.b.e.c.02 KunH 1998 ASFPM
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Howard Kunreuther -- Insurability conditions and the supply of coverage / Howard Kunreuther -- Demand for disaster insurance; residential coverage / Risa Palm -- Earthquake insurance protection in California / Richar J. Roth, Jr. -- Hurricane insurance protection in Florida / Eugene Lecomte and Karen Gahagan -- The national flood insurance program / Edward T. Pasterick -- Mitigation and insurance / William Petak -- Regulation and catastrophe insurance / Robert Klein -- A program for reducing disaster losses through insurance / Howard Kunreuther -- Commercial insurance / Eugene Lecomte -- Evaluating models of risks from natural hazards / Craig Taylor, Erik VanMarcke, and Jim Davis -- Book links to the World Wide Web / Charles Nyce.
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A collection of 9 essays.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.

Introduction / Howard Kunreuther -- Insurability conditions and the supply of coverage / Howard Kunreuther -- Demand for disaster insurance; residential coverage / Risa Palm -- Earthquake insurance protection in California / Richar J. Roth, Jr. -- Hurricane insurance protection in Florida / Eugene Lecomte and Karen Gahagan -- The national flood insurance program / Edward T. Pasterick -- Mitigation and insurance / William Petak -- Regulation and catastrophe insurance / Robert Klein -- A program for reducing disaster losses through insurance / Howard Kunreuther -- Commercial insurance / Eugene Lecomte -- Evaluating models of risks from natural hazards / Craig Taylor, Erik VanMarcke, and Jim Davis -- Book links to the World Wide Web / Charles Nyce.

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