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050 00 $aHG9979.3$b.P39 1998
082 00 $a368.1/22/00973$221
245 00 $aPaying the price :$bthe status and role of insurance against natural disasters in the United States /$cHoward Kunreuther, Richard J. Roth, Sr., editors.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bJoseph Henry Press,$c1998.
263 $a9807
300 $axvi, 300 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNatural hazards and disasters
500 $aA collection of 9 essays.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction /$rHoward Kunreuther --$g2.$tInsurability Conditions and the Supply of Coverage /$rHoward Kunreuther --$g3.$tDemand for Disaster Insurance: Residential Coverage /$rRisa Palm --$g4.$tEarthquake Insurance Protection in California /$rRichard J. Roth, Jr. --$g5.$tHurricane Insurance Protection in Florida /$rEugene Lecomte and Karen Gahagan --$g6.$tThe National Flood Insurance Program /$rEdward T. Pasterick --$g7.$tMitigation and Insurance /$rWilliam Petak --$g8.$tRegulation and Catastrophe Insurance /$rRobert Klein --$g9.$tA Program for Reducing Disaster Losses Through Insurance /$rHoward Kunreuther --$gApp. A.$tCommercial Insurance /$rEugene Lecomte --$gApp. B.$tEvaluating Models of Risks from Natural Hazards /$rCraig Taylor, Erik VanMarcke and Jim Davis --$gApp. C.$tBook Links to the World Wide Web /$rCharles Nyce.
520 $aThis book considers the effectiveness of insurance coverage for low-probability, high-consequence events such as natural disasters - and how insurance programs can successfully be used with other policy tools, such as building codes and standards, to encourage effective loss reduction measures.
520 8 $aThe authors discuss the reasons for the dramatic increase in insured losses from natural disasters since 1989 and the concern that insurers have about their ability to provide coverage against similar events in the future.
650 0 $aDisaster insurance$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008123808
700 1 $aKunreuther, Howard.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007392
700 1 $aRoth, Richard J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87110722
830 0 $aNatural hazards and disasters.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98054540
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