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Academic Centers | Academic Risk Management & Insurance Journals |Disaster News | Emergency Management | Hurricanes & Weather | Insurance News | Professional Risk Management & Insurance Organizations | Preparing for Disaster | Reports & Research Papers
Academic Centers
- American Risk and Insurance Association
- Center for Catastrophic Risk Management (University of California, Berkeley)
- Center for Disaster Risk Policy (Florida State University)
- Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (University of New Orleans)
- Center for Insurance Research (Florida State University)
- Center for Public Health and Disasters (UCLA)
- Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research (Georgia State University)
- Disaster Research Center (University of Delaware)
- Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center (Florida State University)
- Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute (University of South Carolina)
- Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (George Washington University)
- International Hurricane Research Center (Florida International University)
- Mercatus Center (George Mason University)
- Natural Hazards Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
- Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (Louisiana State University)
- Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center (University of Pennsylvania)
- Willis Research Network
Academic Risk Management & Insurance Journals
- Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance
- Journal of Insurance Regulation
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
- Risk Management and Insurance Review
Disaster News
Emergency Management
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Florida County Emergency Management Agencies
- Florida Division of Emergency Management
- Florida Emergency Preparedness Association
- International Association of Emergency Managers
- US Department of Homeland Security
Games
- Stop Disasters!, created by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, this game lets you pick from disaster scenarios including hurricane. With a limited budget to build safely, get prepared, and communicate, it’s up to you to keep your city safe when disaster strikes.
Hurricanes & Weather
- 2010 Hurricane Season Forecast (Colorado State University)
- American Meteorological Society
- Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (Florida State University)
- Center for Severe Weather Research
- Coastal Change Hazards: Hurricanes and Extreme Storms (USGS)
- Florida Climate Center (Florida State University)
- Hurricane Climate (Florida State University)
- Hurricane Season Archives (National Hurricane Center)
- ICAT Damage Estimator (ICAT Holdings LLC)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- National Doppler Radar (NOAA)
- National Hurricane Center (NOAA)
- National Weather Service (NOAA)
- Real Time Weather Data (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
- Satellite Meteorology (Naval Research Laboratory)
- The Weather Channel
- Tropical Storm Risk
- Tropical Storms, Worldwide (University of Hawaii)
- Weather Radio Online (NOAA)
- Weather Underground
Insurance News
- Media Special Reports
- Online News Scroll
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Florida Insurance Headlines (Florida Association of Insurance Agents)
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- Trade Magazines
- Video
- Insurance Journal TV - News
Watch archived interviews with policy makers, industry executives, and more. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is featured, along with other Florida-focused interviews.
- Insurance Journal TV - News
Professional Risk Management & Insurance Organizations
Preparing for Disaster
- American Red Cross
- Animal Disaster Preparedness
- Federal Alliance for Safe Homes -FLASH, Inc.
- Floridadisaster.org
- Institute for Business and Home Safety
- Ready.gov
Reports & Research Papers
- Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center Research
- Academic Reports
- 2004 Hurricane Losses: Testing the Lessons Learned from Hurricane Andrew (CPCU Society Journal)
- Building a Safe Port in the Storm: Private vs. Public Choices in Hurricane Mitigation (Mercatus Center)
- Can Property Insurance Companies in Hurricane-Prone Areas Sustain Their Operations? (Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center)
- Coastal Disaster Insurance in the Era of Global Warming: The Case for Relying on the Private Market (Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute)
- Disaster Mitigation and Insurance: Learning from Katrina (ANNALS, AAPSS)
- Ensuring Disaster: State Insurance Regulation, Coastal Development, and Hurricanes (Mercatus Center)
- Insurance and Societal Vulnerability to Hurricanes (Mercatus Center)
- Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes (Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center)
- Rules Rather Than Discretion: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina (Journal of Risk and Uncertainty)
- Strategies for Better Protection Against Catastrophic Risks (Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center)
- The Market for Hurricane Mitigation: Regulatory or Market Failure? (Mercatus Center)
- The Role of Insurance and Regulation in Reducing Losses from Hurricanes and Other Natural Hazards (Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center)
- When do Losses Count? Six Fallacies of Natural Hazard Loss Data (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
- Government Reports
- A Study of Private Capital Investment Options and Capital Formation Impacting Florida's Residential Insurance Market (Florida State Board of Administration)
- National Flood Insurance Program: Greater Transparency and Oversight of Wind and Flood Damage Determinations are Needed (Government Accountability Office)
- Natural Disasters: Public Policy Options for Changing the Federal Role in Natural Catastrophe Insurance (Government Accountability Office)
- Natural Hazard Mitigation and Insurance: The United States and Selected Countries Have Similar Natural Hazard Mitigation Policies but Different Insurance Approaches (Government Accountability Office)
- Institute Reports & White Papers
- A Disaster in the Making: Insurers Don't Need a Federal Bailout (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
- Financial Innovations for Catastrophe Risk: Cat Funds and Beyond (Milken Institute - Free Registration Required to View Report)
- Mitigation: A Report Card on
- Restoring Florida's Insurance Market (The James Madison Institute)
- Residual Market Property Plans: From Markets of Last Resort to Markets of First Choice (Updated September 2009 - Insurance Information Institute)
- The National Insurance Consumer Protection Act's Potential Impact on the Social Resiliency of Hazard-Prone Areas (Working paper, Mercatus Center, George Mason University)
- Watery Marauders: How the Federal Government Retarded the Development of Private Flood Insurance (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
- Winds of Change
(Florida Association of Insurance Agents, 2005)
- Opinion
- Flirting with Disaster (Forbes)
- How Government Makes Disasters More Disastrous (Ayn Rand Institute, Op-Ed)
- Who Will Pay for the Next Hurricane? (The New York Times)
- Other
- Fitch Comments on Florida Homeowners Insurance Market (Fitch Ratings)
- Higher Ground: A Report on Voluntary Buyouts in the Nation's Floodplains (National Wildlife Federation)
- Presentations
- Understanding Citizens' Assessments: A Review of Assessments Based on Florida Law (Citizens Property Insurance Corporation)