Abstract: Individuals and businesses use insurance as one important means of dealing with uncertainty. While the insurance industry does not require the elimination of risk, for insurance to be affordable and available it must take ...

Abstract: Several studies have estimated the possible impacts and adjustments in U.S. agriculture resulting from a future change in climate. This paper examines how these adjustments and shifting climate conditions could affect the ...

Abstract: Frequent and extremely damaging severe weather conditions in the United States during 1991?94 caused $40 billion in insured losses, creating major impacts and eliciting diverse responses in the weather insurance industry. ...