Actu Catastrophes Naturelles enseignements inondations printemps Decembre 2016 - CCR

Actu Natural Disasters - December 2016

Lessons learned from the floods of spring 2016

12/16/2016

 

In this news brief, a report on the process of compensating victims of the floods of last May and June: six months after the disaster, insurers, loss adjusters and politicians draw on lessons learned. We will then hear from Juliette Méadel, French Minister of State for Victim Assistance who will speak about the agreement on the monitoring of major weather events that was entered into on November 4 by the French Insurance Federation (FFA) and the State. And we will wrap up with “News in pictures” focusing on the latest natural disaster news from across the globe.

 

REPORT
Lessons learned from the floods of spring 2016     

Six months after violent flooding struck the northern portion of France, insurers, loss adjusters and government agencies look back on this major event that cost the insurance sector an estimated 1.2 billion euros.     

 

MAIN SPEAKER
Juliette Méadel    

Juliette Méadel, French Minister of State for Victim Assistance, addresses a key issue: how will the lessons drawn from this event help improve the process of claims compensation?    

 

NEWS IN PICTURES
Natural disaster news in pictures    

Focus on the latest report by the World Bank on natural disasters, the earthquake that struck Italy on October 30 and the recent floods in Corsica.

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