The objective of this paper is to establish relationships between rainfall extremes and damage data from Dutch insurance industry. Rainfall data are based on a network of 33 automatic rain gauges held by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Rainfall characteristics, such as peak rainfall intensity and rainfall volume, are correlated with damage statistics of claims in the vicinity of...

This study provides an evaluation of the effectiveness maize index insurance in reducing risk exposure small-scale farmers Zimbabwe. Maize yields and rainfall data for period 2010–2019 farming season were obtained from AGRITEXT NASA website. The Black-Scholes optional pricing framework was applied to estimate prices insurance. mean root square loss (MRSL) evaluated case where there is no MRSL c...

In developing countries, the large majority of migrants move inside their own countries or to neighboring regions, yet there is limited evidence on whether internal migrants represent a source of insurance for their household of origin or vice-versa. To test whether transfers sent and received by migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the causal impact of income shocks at a migr...

Design flood estimation is often required in engineering practice such as design of hydrologic structures, flood plain management, river ecological studies and flood insurance studies. The national guideline for design flood estimation in Australia known as Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) recommends the Design Event Approach as the preferred method of rainfallbased design flood estimation ...

High-intensity rainfall is one of the factors that can interfere with state agriculture. Agricultural insurance an be used to reduce risks related agricultural losses such as rice production. Climate-based a management climate-related risks. This study aims determine index and calculate value premiums based on climate (rainfall) in Kapuas Hulu Regency using Black Scholes method. In calculating ...