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Public Sector Perspectives
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Read moreWebtool Climate Health Threat Illustrator Climate change is increasing health risks and costs for people and businesses worldwide — and its effects will intensify over time. Disease burden and disparities are likely to worsen, and 2 out of 3 major cities expect climate change to seriously compromise their public health assets and services. -
Read moreReport Community-Based Catastrophe Insurance Insurance plays a critical role in recovery from natural disasters, but many households and small businesses do not have sufficient coverage to fund repair and rebuilding due to various reasons. CBCI can play many roles in the dynamic ecosystem of existing public and private catastrophe insurance mechanisms. It could complement traditional catastrophe insurance markets by providing supplemental financial protection to community members in the event of a disaster or be used as full-limit, single-peril property protection in areas with high risk. In other instances, CBCI can offer the community a means to work with carriers or private capital providers to rebuild and sustain insurance uptake while facing loss volatility. -
Read moreReport Global Risks Report 2021 COVID-19 has exacerbated ongoing geopolitical and societal challenges, and the existential crisis of climate change looms large. More innovative and collaborative approaches to resilience are needed more than ever. -
Read moreReport State of Flood Learn how public and private sectors can mitigate flood risk and help to close the flood insurance gap in the US. -
Read moreJournal 2020 Climate Resilience Handbook A selection of perspectives from our businesses offering insights from their work helping clients confront climate change and navigate a course through risk to opportunity. -
Read morePerspective Shipping’s Uncertain Voyage to Zero Carbon Large-scale change is needed now in the shipping industry -
Read morePerspective How Will Climate Catastrophes Be Handled in the Face of Coronavirus? Governments must focus on pandemic response while also preparing for looming natural disasters -
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Read morePerspective Parametric Insurance can Boost Resilience for the Public Sector Parametric insurance empowers the public sector with flexible, timely funds for disaster response and “building back better” -
Read morePerspective Understanding Flood Risk in Malaysia through Catastrophe Modelling Flooding is Malaysia's most expensive natural disaster -
Read morePerspective Protecting the Public Purse: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in a Warmer World The reinsurance sector can support governments' catastrophe risk management -
Read morePerspective As Wildfires Get Costlier and Deadlier, Insurers and Utilities Pay the Price Insurers and utilities must adapt to a future with more wildfire risk -
Read moreTool COVID-19 Pandemic Navigator The Oliver Wyman COVID-19 Pandemic Navigator forecasts the number of new and cumulative coronavirus cases across nearly 40 countries, incorporating the effectiveness of containment and suppression measures. It also provides insights into how to manage after the peak, as well as the ability to study potential future containment scenarios until a vaccine or a scale treatment solution is in place. The Oliver Wyman COVID-19 Pandemic Navigator provides a quantitative basis on which governments, industry groups, and companies can examine the impact of COVID-19 on business, and consider how to “reopen” responsibly. -
Read morePerspective 4 Scenarios for the Post-Coronavirus Economy Through the Lens of Post-War Recovery Economists have been scrambling to model how the recession might unfold. Will the recovery be V-shaped or U-shaped, or will it take more of an L-shape? -
Read moreReport Pandemic Risk Protection While the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, its economic impact is also deeply concerning. The stakes for businesses, nonprofit organizations, and workers are too high to defer action, and a pandemic risk insurance program will be an essential element in the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. -
Read moreReport A Decade of Action The 2015 launch of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has provided governments with an organized and unified structure to address interconnected developmental issues such as poverty, economic inequality, education, the climate crisis, peace, justice, and responsible consumption and production. -
Read morePerspective A Changing Landscape With job losses across the United States reaching unprecedented levels due to COVID-19, how will unemployment affect access to health insurance?