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Environmental insurance and resilience in the age of natural disasters

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  • Borghesi, Simone
  • Colivicchi, Ilaria
  • Iannucci, Gianluca
  • Tampieri, Alessandro

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The emergence of natural disasters induces a trade-off in the environmental insurance market. While firms need more coverage against large potential losses, the higher damage caused by accidents increases the cost of insurance. As a result, firms may choose to switch to resilient production, which reduces the severity of environmental damage and exempts the firm from paying an emissions tax. We study this problem in a duopoly industry where two risk-averse firms choose their type (resilient or non resilient) based on their production strategy, and their demand for insurance against financial losses caused by environmental accidents. Our results highlight a non-trivial interaction between insurance demand and technology choice: a resilient firm demands lower insurance coverage when the cost of implementing the resilient technology is relatively low. The emergence of natural disasters ultimately favours the adoption of resilient production methods.

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  • Borghesi, Simone & Colivicchi, Ilaria & Iannucci, Gianluca & Tampieri, Alessandro, 2026. "Environmental insurance and resilience in the age of natural disasters," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:239:y:2026:i:c:s0921800925002605
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108777
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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