Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Severe weather in Eastern Asia : perils, risks, insurance : executive summary

MAP20130037547

Severe weather in Eastern Asia : perils, risks, insurance : executive summary. — Munich : Munich Re, 2013

Sumario: 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

1. Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios . 2. Catástrofes naturales . 3. Inundaciones . 4. Influencia climática . 5. Costes económicos . 6. Costes humanos . 7. Asia . I. Munich Reinsurance Company .