Floods

Living with the Red
Although the 1997 Red River flood was a rare event, floods of the same magnitude, or even greater, can be expected to occur in the Red River basin in the future. The people and property will remain at undue risk until comprehensive, integrated, binational solutions are developed and implemented. This is a report of the International Joint Commission to the governments of the U.S. and Canada on reducing flood impacts in the Red River basin.

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Insurance

Insurance Services Office, Inc.
The web site of "the property/casualty insurance industry's leading supplier of statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims information" provides information such as estimates of anticipated national insured catastrophe losses for the entire insurance industry at its news page (www.iso.com/docs/news.htm), as well as timely studies on important issues facing the insurance industry and society as a whole at its studies and analyses page (www.iso.com/docs/studies.htm).

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