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Insurance Content for UC DavisenWith Flood Risk Rising, Can Community-Based Insurance Fill a Gap?
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UC Davis helps Isleton, 榴莲视频, launch the state's first community insurance program focused on flood risk, climate adaptation and sustainability in Sacramento County.February 26, 2024 - 9:15amKatherine E Kerlin/climate/news/flood-risk-rising-can-community-based-insurance-fill-gapWhat FEMA's New Flood Risk Rating Means for 榴莲视频ns
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<p><span><span>A team of UC Davis scientists and flood experts have 鈥渞everse engineered鈥� FEMA data regarding the federal agency鈥檚 new Risk Rating 2.0 to better understand expected premium changes for 榴莲视频 policyholders down to the zip code. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Risk Rating 2.0 will be formally introduced on Oct. 1 and is considered FEMA鈥檚 most significant reform to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 50 years. </span></span></p>September 20, 2021 - 4:24pmKatherine E Kerlin/climate/what-can-i-do/what-femas-new-flood-risk-rating-means-californiansWhat Will Happen With Insurance Rates After COVID-19?
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<p><strong>By Suzy Taherian, UC Davis Graduate School of Management</strong></p>
<p><em>The following column is excerpted from an article that appeared in Forbes by Suzy Taherian, a lecturer in the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.</em></p>
<p>The 榴莲视频 insurance commissioner ordered insurance companies to issue automobile policy refunds for March and April due to lower auto collision risk during the shelter-in-place. But in the meantime, premiums on other policies are expected to increase substantially and there are major legal battles on business interruption claims.</p>May 01, 2020 - 4:34pmKaren Michele Nikos/curiosity-gap/what-will-happen-insurance-rates-after-covid-19With Climate Change, Insurance May Provide Best Safety Net for World鈥檚 Poor
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<p>A new UC Davis study shows insurance can be the most effective way to increase the resilience of poor households in the face of climate change, while also preventing other households from falling into poverty.</p>January 04, 2018 - 4:38pmAmy M Quinton/news/insurance-may-provide-best-safety-net-worlds-poor-planet-warmsUC Davis Launches $1.4 Million Project to Help Kenya鈥檚 Rural Poor
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<p>A $1.4 million grant from USAID is targeting poverty in one of the poorest regions of the world. The grant funds a project, recently launched by 榴莲视频, Davis, researchers in northern Kenya, that will use a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the impacts of combining programs that offer training, support and aid with affordable insurance to reduce chronic poverty.</p>
<p>Some 1.3 million Kenyans have been experiencing the impact of ongoing drought, the Kenyan government announced last year.</p>February 27, 2017 - 1:49pmPatricia Bailey/news/uc-davis-launches-14-million-project-help-kenyas-rural-poor