Insurance coverage for natural disasters remains low in many exposed areas. A limited supply of insurance is commonly … experiment of a well-developed supply of natural disasters insurance in highly exposed regions. The French system of natural … disasters insurance is underwritten and regulated by the French government; instituted initially for metropolitan France only …

Urbanization in exposed areas increases the cost of disasters. For industrial risks, potential victims raise firms …

In France comprehensive house insurance includes coverage against natural disasters. Whereas the French overseas …

insured against natural disasters. In France, any housing insurance contract includes the coverage against natural disasters …. Thus, 48% of households in departments overseas have been living in an uncovered housing against natural disasters. On the … the departments overseas would significantly gain to be insured against natural disasters. This is partially due to the …

Natural and industrial disasters are major risks with the common specificity of a strong geographic dimension. Their … main difference is that compensation for natural disasters relies on solidarity, whereas industrial risks imply the …

increase the financial response capacity of governments of developing countries in the aftermath of natural disasters, while …