Catastrophe modeling : a new approach to managing risk /
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Imprint: | New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, c2005. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 245 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Huebner international series on risk, insurance, and economic security ; 25 Huebner international series on risk, insurance, and economic security ; 25. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8874885 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Prelude
- Part I. Framework for Risk Management Using Catastrophe Models
- Introduction: Needs, Stakeholders, and Government Initiatives
- An Introduction to Catastrophe Models and Insurance
- Part II. Natural Hazard Risk Assessment
- The Risk Assessment Process: The Role of Catastrophe Modeling in Dealing with Natural Hazards
- Sources, Nature, and Impact of Uncertainties on Catastrophe Modeling
- Part III. Linking Risk Assessment With Insurance: Use of Catastrophe Models in Insurance Rate Making
- Insurance Portfolio Management
- Risk Financing
- Part IV. Risk Management Strategies Using Catastrophe Models
- The Impact of Mitigation on Homeowners and Insurers: An Analysis of Model Cities
- The Impact of Risk Transfer Instruments: An Analysis of Model Cities
- Extending Catastrophe Modeling To Terrorism
- Glossary
- Index