JIN-FENG WANG*{, XIN-HU LI{, GEORGE CHRISTAKOS§, YI-LAN LIAO{, TIN ZHANG", XUE GU" and XIAO-YING ZHENG** {Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China {Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361003, China §Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4493, USA "Beijing I...

Global insurance markets are vast and diverse, and may offer many opportunities for remote sensing. To date, however, few operational applications of remote sensing for insurance exist. Papers claiming potential application of remote sensing typically stress the technical possibilities, without considering its contribution to customer value for the insured OPEN ACCESS Remote Sens. 2014, 6 10889...