Centro de Documentación de Fundación MAPFRE - Financing flood losses : a discussion of the National Flood Insurance Program

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Financing flood losses : a discussion of the National Flood Insurance Program / Carolyn Kousky

Sumario: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), housed in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been providing flood insurance to households and businesses for almost 50 years. To inform the policy discussion leading up to reauthorization, this article analyzes five aspects of the NFIP: (1) risk modeling and risk communication, (2) the roles of the public and private sector, (3) take-up rates, (4) incentives for risk reduction, and (5) rate setting and the financing of catastrophic flood events. Suggestions for reform are discussed

En: Risk management & insurance review. - Malden, MA : The American Risk and Insurance Association by Blackwell Publishing, 1999- = ISSN 1098-1616. - 01/03/2018 Tomo 21 Número 1 - 2018 , p. 11-32

1. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) . 2. Inundaciones . 3. Catástrofes naturales . 4. Comunicación del riesgo . 5. Reducción de riesgos . 6. Prevención de riesgos . 7. Evaluación de riesgos . I. Título.