Volume of uninsured natural disasters is growing
Sinersalo, Mikko (20.10.2020)
Numero
16/2020Julkaisija
FinanssivalvontaFinancial Supervisory Authority
FIN-FSA
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-202011052482Tiivistelmä
Losses caused by natural disasters, in particular, are monitored more closely. In Western countries, insurance coverage of these is nearly 50%, but in the poorest countries it is only some 5%1. For example, the protection gap for weather events has grown at an alarming pace globally. Climate change is expected to fuel this negative trend further.