Insurance and Disaster Aid
Insuring natural disasters is a costly business, for both governments and policy holders. RFF experts are examining ways to make the US National Flood Insurance Program and other insurance options more affordable, ultimately increasing insurance uptake rates and policy coverage.
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Media Highlight — Nov 2, 2024
City & State: “National Flood Insurance Program Likely to be Headache for Next President”
RFF Fellow Penny Liao reflects on the National Flood Insurance Program.
Media Highlight — Oct 16, 2024
Reuters Econ World Podcast: “Protection Gap”
RFF Fellow Penny Liao is interviewed for Reuters Econ World podcast, where she talks extensively about flood insurance and its implications for the US housing market.
Media Highlight — Oct 4, 2024
Business Insider: “A Majority of North Carolina Homeowners Didn’t Have Flood Insurance. Then Helene Hit.”
RFF scholars Margaret Walls and Yanjun (Penny) Liao talk about understated flood risk in this article published in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Media Highlight — Jun 3, 2024
Newsweek: “Florida Insurance Market Braces for Hurricane Season”
RFF Fellow Penny Liao comments on how the upcoming hurricane season may affect costal insurance markets.
Issue Brief — Nov 30, 2022
Insurance Availability and Affordability under Increasing Wildfire Risk in California
An issue brief providing background and analysis of California's wildfire insurance coverage as wildfires are becoming more frequent and damaging across the western United States
Issue Brief — Jul 18, 2022
Nature-Based Flood Solutions and the National Flood Insurance Program
This issue brief examines how the National Flood Insurance Program could reduce premiums by incorporating nature-based solutions.
Explainer — Aug 18, 2021
Wildfires in the United States 102: Policy and Solutions
Wildfires in the United States 102: Policy and Solutions
Working Paper — Aug 17, 2021
What's at Stake? Understanding the Role of Home Equity in Flood Insurance Demand
This working paper finds that as home equity increases, so does demand for flood insurance—a finding with major implications for understanding climate change's impact on housing.
RFF Live — Nov 30, 2022
Sparking Solutions: Wildfire Risk and Insurance
The third RFF Live event in the "Sparking Solutions" event series examining the role of insurance in mitigating the risks of wildfire.
Environmental Justice Series — Jun 17, 2021
Environmental Justice: Climate Impacts, Adaptation, and Resilience
Environmental Justice: Climate Impacts, Adaptation, and Resilience
Workshop — Jun 6, 2007
Nanotechnology and Nature: RFF First Wednesday Seminar
Nanotechnology and Nature: RFF First Wednesday Seminar
Resources Magazine — Oct 4, 2023
Achieving Justice by Putting Vulnerable Communities on the Map
Screening tools can help prioritize communities that can benefit the most from federal investments. This Q&A with Eric Tate tells more.
Resources Magazine — Feb 25, 2021
A Climate Resilience Road Map for the New Administration
Revitalized efforts to prioritize climate change adaptation in a new administration could help set the United States on a path toward climate resilience. RFF University Fellow Carolyn Kousky shares her ideas for how to get there.
Common Resources — Jan 18, 2021
Make Recovery Easier: A Road Map for the New Administration
RFF University Fellow Carolyn Kousky outlines how President-Elect Biden can revamp federal disaster policy.
Resources Magazine — Oct 22, 2020
Underwriting Ecosystems: Using Insurance Policies to Conserve Nature
RFF University Fellow Carolyn Kousky argues that we should help conserve nature by creating insurance policies for ecosystems.
Media Highlight — Nov 2, 2024
City & State: “National Flood Insurance Program Likely to be Headache for Next President”
RFF Fellow Penny Liao reflects on the National Flood Insurance Program.
Media Highlight — Oct 16, 2024
Reuters Econ World Podcast: “Protection Gap”
RFF Fellow Penny Liao is interviewed for Reuters Econ World podcast, where she talks extensively about flood insurance and its implications for the US housing market.
Media Highlight — Oct 4, 2024
Business Insider: “A Majority of North Carolina Homeowners Didn’t Have Flood Insurance. Then Helene Hit.”
RFF scholars Margaret Walls and Yanjun (Penny) Liao talk about understated flood risk in this article published in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Media Highlight — Jun 3, 2024
Newsweek: “Florida Insurance Market Braces for Hurricane Season”
RFF Fellow Penny Liao comments on how the upcoming hurricane season may affect costal insurance markets.
