The Epidemiological Approach to Disability: The Specific Burden of Dementia

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The ageing of the baby -boom generations and the continuous increas e in life expectancy are two combined phenomena which lead to an increase in both the number and the proportion of elderly people. According to projections for France, one person out of three will be aged 60 years and over in 2050 , and the group of 75 years and older would increase from 4. 9 millions to 10.9 millions (i.e. +120 per cent) , and the group of the oldest -old , the 85 years and more, would grow from 1. 1 to 4.2 millions (i.e. +280 per cent) .

Ernst Meyer Prize 2017 awarded to Dr Arnaud Goussebaïle for doctoral thesis on Prevention and Insurance of Natural Disasters

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The Geneva Association has awarded the Ernst Meyer Prize, presented in recognition for a doctoral thesis which makes a significant contribution to the study of risk and insurance economics, to Dr Arnaud Goussebaïle for his dissertation on Prevention and Insurance of Natural Disasters.

Press Release: The Geneva Association calls on UN climate delegates to take action on disaster risk reduction

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In light of the implications of our changing climate, The Geneva Association is calling on delegates now meeting in Warsaw for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties to recognise the importance of countrywide disaster risk reduction measures and risk-conscious urban planning and building standards. In a report published in June, the Association provided a series of case studies to show the effective forms of collaboration between governments and insurers that create greater physical and financial resilience from disasters.

Dr Maryam Golnaraghi discusses the role of (re)insurance in addressing climate change

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Maryam Golnaraghi - Director of Extreme Events and Climate Risk, The Geneva Association - discusses the role of (re)insurance in the three international framework agreements to globally address the challenges presented by climate change.

Recorded at Climate Action 2016, Washington DC, 5-6 May 2016.

Dame Julia Slingo, interviewed at The Geneva Association's 2016 General Assembly

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Professor Dame Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist UK Met Office and Senior Climate Advisor to UK Government and World Meteorological Office, discusses our changing weather, the science of modeling it and the importance of sharing MetOffice data with insurers.

Recorded at the 43rd General Assembly of The Geneva Association, Rome, 8-11 June 2016.

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