The risk management role of insurance in energy infrastructure security and resilience /

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Imprint:New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Energy policies, politics and prices
Energy policies, politics and prices series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11215463
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ISBN:9781628089370
1628089377
1628089369
9781628089363
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book examines key risks that the Nation's critical energy infrastructure is confronting and the ways in which the insurance industry can help manage these risks, including how it identifies, assesses, and manages them and their potential impacts. Today, weather-related incidents account for the majority of economic losses in the insurance industry as well as in the critical infrastructure sectors. In addition to the traditionally-recognized natural hazards, critical energy infrastructure faces significant emerging threats, including cybersecurity and space weather risks. While the United.
Other form:Print version: Risk management role of insurance in energy infrastructure security and resilience. New York : Nova Publishers, [2013] 9781628089363
Table of Contents:
  • THE RISK MANAGEMENT ROLE OF INSURANCE IN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE
  • THE RISK MANAGEMENT ROLE OF INSURANCE IN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: INSURANCE AS A RISK MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
  • III. INSURANCE INDUSTRY ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL CATASTROPHES
  • IV. SELECTED RISKS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
  • V. EMERGING RISKS IN THE ENERGY SECTORCONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX A. ACRONYMS
  • APPENDIX B. GREAT AND DEVASTATING NATURAL CATASTROPHES WORLDWIDE
  • APPENDIX C. SWISS REâ€?S ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
  • APPENDIX D. HISTORICAL NATURAL DISASTER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • APPENDIX E. FEDERAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION PROCESS
  • APPENDIX F. FEDERAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
  • APPENDIX G. LISTING OF ALL ACCOUNTS WITH FEDERAL INSURANCE ACTIVITY
  • APPENDIX H. HURRICANE DAMAGES TO OIL AND NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE
  • APPENDIX I. SUMMARY FINDINGS OF ENERGY HARDENING AND RESILIENCE ACTIVITIESAPPENDIX J. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Chapter 2: COMPARING THE IMPACTS OF NORTHEAST HURRICANES ON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • STORM COMPARISON
  • ELECTRICITY IMPACTS
  • PETROLEUM IMPACTS
  • TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPLY
  • NATURAL GAS
  • FEDERAL ACTIONS
  • STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS
  • APPENDICES
  • INDEX