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Catastrophe Defined

Term used for statistical recording purposes to refer to a single incident or a series of closely related incidents causing severe insured property losses totaling more than a given amount, currently $25 million.

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Off-site Catastrophe Links, User Submitted

The following links have been collected through user bookmark submission in the Catastrophe category. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

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  • Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction: "We may be poorly equipped to recognize or plan for extinction risks ... [& not] good at grasping the significance of very large numbers (catastrophic outcomes) or very small numbers (probabilities ) over large timeframes. We struggle with estimating the probabilities of rare or unprecedented events ... Policymakers may not plan far beyond current political administration s & rarely do risk assessments value the existence of future generations. We may unjustifiably discount the value of future lives. Finally, extinction risks are market failures where an individual enjoys no perceptible benefit from his or her investment in risk reduction. Human survival may thus be a good requiring deliberate policies to protect. ... Human extinction in the next few centuries could reduce the number of future generations by 1000s or more. We take extraordinary measures to protect ... endangered species ... It might be reasonable to take extraordinary measures to protect humanity from the same."
  • CrisisWire: Your Aggregate Source for a Catastrophe: Bookmarked from MoFuse

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