Catastrophe insurance for tomorrow : planning for future adversities.

At foot of cover title: Gold Coast 1993

Includes bibliographical references

Proceedings of a seminar sponsored by Sterling Offices (Australia) Limited -- t.p.

Introduction: the recognition and the problems of change -- Are there new rules for insurers? --Defining roles and obligations for the industry -- Changing societal hazardousness and increasing social vulnerability: whose responsibility? -- The real cost of catastrophe exposure to insurers -- The catastrophe reinsurance market: yesterday, today and tomorrow -- Legal and financial liability in disaster compensation at the local level: an Australian case study -- Seismic risk, utility lifeline vulnerability, and hazard mitigation in Wellington -- The development of a New Zealand local authority natural disasters and emergencies funding facility for infrastructural assets -- Government philosophies to the uninsured with respect to the impact of major catastrophes -- Increasing professionalism: what should the insurance industry be doing? -- Trends in Australian environmental policy and its likely impact on insurance -- Toxic waste management: what are the problems, and what are the liabilities? -- Trends in environmental law in Australia and their consequences for the insurance industry -- Legal issues arising from environmental insurance and some policy options for their resolution -- The new California? -- Demographic and economic growth in Queensland -- Reducing the risks: is insurance doing all it should? -- An outsider's view