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Should You Revisit Insured Property Value Estimates?

Risk Management Monitor

Some commonly used property valuation methods include: obtaining an appraisal from a third-party firm; utilizing fixed-asset records adjusted for cost inflation; or using a simple benchmarking factor, such as dollars per square foot.

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. Secondly, we need to make emergency planning more rigorous and standardise it on the basis of well-chosen benchmarks. Why are the lessons of these devastating events so easily forgotten or ignored?