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Our case studies demonstrate how our expertise extends across regions, addressing the needs of each community through collaboration and innovation

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Public Sector Solutions is dedicated to building resilience and safeguarding societies against diverse perils. From flood protection in New York City, financial resilience for workers in the United Arab Emirates to supporting renewable energy projects in Nepal.

The case studies below are a sample of the over 1,400 transactions we have concluded. They demonstrate how our expertise extends across regions, addressing the needs of each community through collaboration and innovation. Each case study is assigned to one public sector need, recognising that others may also apply.

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Disaster risk management
Economic growth facilitation
Public asstes & liabilities
Inclusion & public health
Resilient infrastructure

 Disaster risk management

 Economic growth facilitation

 Public asstes & liabilities

 Inclusion & public health

 Resilient infrastructure

Parametric earthquake cover

Supplementing a state’s traditional earthquake insurance to provide better coverage

Earthquake cover for historic sites

Protecting cultural heritage sites and their associated tourism revenue streams

Parametric hail cover

Helping Baylor University recover quickly from hailstorm-related losses

Coral reef hurricane cover

Protecting the world’s second biggest coral reef with an innovative parametric solution

Earthquake insurance programme

Mitigating potentially disruptive economic impacts of earthquakes

Earthquake and cyclone cover

Strengthening the disaster resilience of a state-owned utility company

Parametric flood cover

Assisting the City of New York to help vulnerable communities recover faster

Hydropower insurance

Protecting a state-owned utility company against the lack of rainfall and oil price spikes

Multi-peril crop insurance scheme

Protecting farmers from natural, climatic and biological perils

National flood insurance scheme

Enabling available and affordable flood insurance for homeowners

Analytics for export credit agency

Delivering a long-term transition risk assessment for energy projects

Livestock protection

Strengthening the resilience of pastoralists against more frequent droughts

Index insurance for extreme heat

Protecting vulnerable women workers from the impacts of extreme heat

Parametric earthquake coverage

Enabling infrastructure investment with an innovative risk transfer solution

National rice insurance scheme

Strengthening climate resilience in Thailand by supporting rice farmers

Wetlands typhoon and drought cover

Using innovative insurance to help protect the economic value of natural ecosystems

Public asset insurance scheme

Protecting government assets against the impacts of natural disasters

Climate solutions for local government

Providing tools and insights to help local councils prioritise risk assessment

Consulting services for coral reefs

Prioritising climate threats to inform risk financing and insurance solutions

Supporting recovery

  • 60%
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    of economic losses from natural catastrophes were uninsured, over the past decade
  • USD 1.3 bn
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    in estimated claims from large natural catastrophes in 2023, to be paid by Swiss Re