Severe weather in Eastern Asia : perils, risks, insurance : executive summary

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<abstract displayLabel="Summary">This publication provides an overview of severe weather hazards in eight countries of East and Southeast Asia: Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, summarised as Eastern Asia. It discusses perils, related losses, risk mitigation and insurance issues. The number of natural catastrophes per year has been rising dramatically on all continents since 1980, but the trend is among the steepest in Eastern Asia.  This increase is mainly attributable to weather events</abstract>
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