Jeff Dunsavage

Why Do Disasters Keep “Surprising” Us? Resilience Culture Would Aid Preparation

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst, Triple-I Texas in recent days has become the latest poster child for government failure to […]

Community-Based Catastrophe Insurance: Four Models to Boost Resilience

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst, Triple-I2/15/2021 Many households and small businesses don’t have sufficient savings to repair and rebuild after […]

New FEMA Tool Maps Community Vulnerability to 18 Natural Hazards

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst, Triple-I2/9/2021 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently unveiled its National Risk Index (NRI) for […]

Californians Warned About Mudslide Risk as Winter Bears Down on Wildfire Areas

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst, Triple-I1/27/2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is alerting citizens to review their insurance policies in […]

Stanford Study Reinforces Case for Improved Flood-Risk Mitigation in a Warming World

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst, Triple-I Intensifying rainfall fueled by climate change over the past 30 years has caused nearly […]

Expanded Triple-I Flood Risk Maps Provide Richer Perspective

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst, Triple-I01/11/2021 The Triple-I Resilience Accelerator’s flood risk visualization tool is being enhanced with: National Flood […]

Rising interest seen in parametric insurance

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst12/14/2020 Parametric insurance appears to have received increased interest in 2020. A recent Artemis article says […]

Resilience Town Hall: Looking Back and Ahead

Jeff Dunsavage, Senior Research Analyst 12/2/2020 It’s become commonplace to say COVID-19 has “changed everything” and that we’re now figuring […]

Hurricane Delta Triggered Quintana Roo, MX, Parametric Coral Reef Insurance

Jeff Dunsavage, Triple-I Senior Research Analyst 11/02/2020 Hurricane Delta last month triggered a 17 million peso (US $800,000) insurance payout […]

Mangrove Insurance: Mix of Parametric and Indemnity May Aid Coastal Resilience

Jeff Dunsavage, Triple-I Senior Research Analyst10/28/2020 Earlier this year, I wrote about the role mangrove forests and coral reefs play […]