An overview of the impact of climate change on the insurance industry

Climate Extremes and Society

Volumn 9780521870283, Issue , 2008, Pages 248-278

  Dlugolecki, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE;

CATASTROPHE INSURANCE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; INDUSTRY STRUCTURES; INSURANCE COVERAGES; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; WEATHER EXTREMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84927972810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535840.015     Document Type: Chapter

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