10 September 2017Insurance

Hurricane Harvey shows lack of awareness of flood risk

Unless there is an appreciation of looking at flood risk more holistically and using some of the science-driven solutions available, the industry will continue to be surprised by increasingly intense rainfall episodes such as those seen with Hurricane Harvey, Jay Guin, chief research officer at AIR Worldwide, told Monte Carlo Today.

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