KUNREUTHER, Howard C. <br/><br/>
At war with the weather :  managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes 

 - Massachusetts :  MIT,  2009 
 - 416 p. 
<br/><br/> I. Cause for concern  1. A new era of catastrophes  2. Catastrophe risk and the regulation of property insurance: a comparative analysis across states  3. A market analysis of property insurance against hurricane risk  4. Come rain or shine: flood risk financing through public insurance  II. Understanding the demand and supply of disaster insurance  5. Homeowners' decision making for purchasing insurance coverage  6. Private insurers' decision making for supplying coverage  7. Private reinsurers' decision making for supplying coverage  8. Innovative insurance-linked securities for financing extreme events  9. A framework for linking supply and demand of disaster insurance  10. A multistate empirical analysis of homeowners' insurance  III. Protecting homeowners against natural disasters  11. Impact of insurance status on economic welfare of homeowners in Hazard-Prone areas: the affordability challenge  12. Enhancing the implementation of risk reduction measures  13. Policy analysis of alternative programs: comparing the status quo with a true competitive insurance market  IV. Creating innovative solutions  14. Proposed innovations for dealing with catastrophic risks  15. Winning the war against the weather and other extreme events 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262012829 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gerenciamento de Crise<br/>Risco<br/>Desastre<br/> Segurança Pública<br/>Seguro<br/>Análise Comparativa<br/> Tomada de Decisão <br/>Mercado<br/>Competitividade<br/>Inovação
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Estados Unidos