Agricultural Risk Transfer
Roman Marco HohlRelease date:februari 2019
Language:English
Pages:440
ISBN:978-1-119-34563-3
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Price:€ 135.60
Agriculture is a core industry segment both in terms of GDP contribution and employment, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. However, growing crops, raising livestock, farming fish and cultivating timber is a risky business with high exposure to natural disasters and epidemic diseases that lead to catastrophic losses at regional and international scale. Agricultural Risk Transfer provides a wide range of solutions for producers, agribusinesses and governments to proactively transfer risk of agricultural production assets to the (re)insurance industry and to capital markets. Today, risk transfer solutions exist in over 100 countries and the agriculture insurance sector alone has grown to $30 billion while being promoted as an important climate change adaptation measure to increase resilience to production shocks.
With the global population expected to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, soaring demand for more protein-based foods and potentially more frequent adverse weather conditions from climate change, producing sufficient resources is one of the key challenges of the agricultural sector. Risk transfer solutions play a critical role in securing higher production through the provision of safety nets against production shocks. Underwriting, pricing and transferring agricultural risks is complex and requires a solid understanding of the production system, exposure, perils and the most suitable products, which vastly differ among developed and developing markets.
Agricultural Risk Transfer is the first comprehensive volume covering all aspects of agricultural (re)insurance, from fundamentals to specific products that are essential to understand and develop new (re)insurance and capital market solutions for crop, livestock, aquaculture and forest assets. Written by a well-known agricultural expert, it includes extensive industry case studies that illustrate the key concepts used in both, developed and developing agricultural markets.
Through Agricultural Risk Transfer, (re)insurance underwriters, actuaries, modellers, risk managers and assessors, government officials, bank and fund managers, agribusiness executives and students in agricultural economics and development will gain a deep understanding of methodologies to structure and transfer agricultural risks. This book closes the knowledge gap between developed and developing agricultural markets, insurers and reinsurers and capital markets as well as between the industry and academia.
Roman Marco Hohl
Leading expert with over 15 years of international experience in the agriculture (re)insurance and risk modelling industry. Proven track record in the development and implementation of new insurance products, index-based risk transfer instruments, disaster risk management strategies and underwriting/managing large portfolios of agriculture risks in all key markets. Developed large contact network in the agriculture industry and trained various stakeholders in risk management strategies. Contributed to research and capacity building on parametric solutions and disaster risk and resilience management. Worked and lived in Europe and Asia while managing larger underwriting and risk modelling teams of different backgrounds and cultures.
