Publications

Submission to the Environment Agency’s consultation on the Draft National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England

Policy publication by Swenja Surminski, Viktor Rözer, Sara Mehryar, Rebecca Byrnes, Bob Ward, Josh Burke on 17 Oct 2019

This submission was made to the Environment Agency’s consultation on its draft strategy for flood and coastal risk management in England, and draws on the Grantham Research Institute’s work and expertise over many years in this area. read more »

Promoting flood risk reduction: The role of insurance in Germany and England

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 5 Oct 2017

Improving society’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from flooding requires integrated, anticipatory flood risk management (FRM). However, most countries still focus their efforts on responding to … read more »

Insurance, public assistance and household flood risk reduction: a comparative study of Austria, England and Romania

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 4 Sep 2017

In light of increasing losses from floods many researchers and policy makers are looking for ways to encourage flood risk reduction among communities, business, and households. In this study … read more »

Strengthening insurance partnerships in the face of climate change – insights from an agent-based model of flood insurance in the UK

Working paper by Florence Crick, Katie Jenkins, Swenja Surminski on 9 Jun 2016

Multisectoral partnerships are increasingly being mentioned as a mechanism to deliver and improve disaster risk management. Yet, partnerships are not a panacea and more research is required to understand the … read more »

Assessing surface water flood risk and management strategies under future climate change: an agent-based model approach

Working paper by Katie Jenkins, Swenja Surminski, Jim Hall, Florence Crick on 8 Feb 2016

Flooding is the costliest natural disaster worldwide. In the UK flooding is listed as a major risk on the National Risk Register with surface water flooding the most likely cause … read more »

Flood insurance in England – An assessment of the current and newly proposed insurance scheme in the context of rising flood risk

Research article by Swenja Surminski, Jillian Eldridge on 18 Nov 2014

By applying our analytical framework we find an absence of formal incentive mechanisms for risk reduction in the existing and proposed Flood Re scheme. We identify the barriers for applying insurance to risk reduction and point to some possible modifications in the Flood Re proposal to deliver a greater link between risk transfer and risk reduction. read more »

Reflection on the current debate on how to link flood insurance and disaster risk reduction in the European Union

Working paper by Swenja Surminski, Jeroen Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Paul Hudson, Jaroslav Mysiak, Carlos Dionisio Pérez-Blanco on 4 Aug 2014

Reflection on the current debate on how to link flood insurance and disaster risk reduction in the European Union read more »

Flood insurance in England – an assessment of the current and newly proposed insurance scheme in the context of rising flood risk

Working paper by Swenja Surminski, Jillian Eldridge on 1 Jan 2014

Flooding is the largest natural disaster risk in England and it is expected to rise even further as we experience a changing climate and continue putting … read more »

Flood insurance schemes and climate adaptation in developing countries

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 21 Oct 2013

Risk transfer, including insurance, is widely recognized as a tool for increasing financial resilience to severe weather events such as floods. The application of this mechanism varies widely across … read more »

Promoting resilient economies by exploring insurance potential for facing coastal flooding and erosion: evidence from Italy, Spain, France and United Kingdom

Working paper by Osiel González Dávila, Mavra Stithou, Gianluca Pescaroli, Luca Pietrantoni, Pedro Díaz-Simal, Bénédicte Rulleau, Nabil Touli, François Hissel, Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Phoebe Koundouri on 1 Sep 2013

Insurance against natural perils such as flooding can be considered a significant element in coastal management. It can offer not only much-needed support to accelerate economic … read more »