"Worth Your Money? What Risk Models and Economic Models
Tell Us about the Development Impact of Insurance and Financial Protection" Chapter in Understanding Risk Proceedings 2014

How can we communicate risk information in a way that leads decision makers to take concrete actions to reduce risk from adverse natural events? In June 2014, almost a thousand risk assessment experts and practitioners from around the world gathered in London to answer this question at the third biennial Understanding Risk (UR) Forum. Over a five-day period, the UR community— scientists, modellers, economists, psychologists, disaster risk management practitioners, and policy makers—explored better ways of “Producing Actionable Information.”