27 October 2015Insurance

Stabilising effects of insurance in cat areas still not fully acknowledged

In highly exposed areas, insurance is an important tool to strengthen the resilience of emerging economies when dealing with catastrophic risk, says Alfredo Castelo, CEO of Mapfre Global Risks.

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