Insurance for Good published research by Jesse Gourevitch, Helena Garcia, and Adam Gold PhD, quantifying the relationship between changes in wetland area across the conterminous U.S. between 1985 and 2023 and riverine flood insurance claims to individual properties from the NFIP.
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Wetlands can act as natural reservoirs and store flood waters and reduce flooding. Jesse Gourevitch summarizes recent research with coauthors Helena Garcia and Adam Gold…
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Insurance for Good is a non-profit serving as the community of practice working to harness risk transfer for the common good. We partner with communities and the public sector to curate shared resources, deliver capacity-building programs, incubate open-source and innovative risk transfer approaches, and partner for improved policy and regulation that achieves social and environmental goals. We work to create equitable recoveries, increase resilience, speed the energy transition, and leverage nature-positive approaches. We believe in insurance as a force for good.
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