The App gives a general understanding of flood risks and explains how to manage and insure these risks. The App explores different types of flooding and the challenges involved in making floods insurable. It highlights the importance of adapting to climate change and shows how reliable flood information can strengthen flood preparedness.
The app is very suitable to engage people in the Nat Cat topic. It complements Swiss Re’s expertise publications by providing interactive features that give readers a feel for the dimensions of flood disasters, the impact of climate change, different approaches to disaster preparedness, and the links between risk prevention and risk transfer can be shown much better through an app than a print publication. It also shows that Swiss Re embraces new technology, and makes content easier accessible.
-Facts & Figures about floods globally (from sigma statistics)
-Types of floods
-Some flood case studies
-Global flood hot spots
-Flood-related ECA case studies (eg. Hull)
-Insurability of floods
-Ways to insure floods
-Sustainability
-Flood modeling