Fire insurance plans are among the most valuable records documenting development of Canada’s cities and towns during late 19th 20th centuries. Many these preserved in archives libraries. However, for nearly three decades, making copies researchers (more recently) digitizing online access have been subject to a copyright “chill” as result claims companies that created their successors. This arti...

This study on farmers’ perception and management of natural hazards in production and security of farm investment was carried out in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. The study was sought to identify farmers’ perceived natural hazards in food production; identify adopted measures used in mitigating impacts of the hazards and determined factors that influenced farmers from...

There are numerous approaches to the measurement of insurer profitability and ratemaking. On the surface, these approaches appear to be quite different since the results produced by them can, and often do, yield conflicting results. Certainly contüsion is created when figures and results differ, and it is unclear as to the cause of the difference. This is especially true in the area of ratemaki...

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...