Hurricane Katrina has profoundly changed the approach to non life insurance

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Since then, non life insurers have adopted a series of measures to better control their exposure.

The modeling of catastrophe risks has been generalized while the terms of the insurance policies have been stiffened.
Strengthening of engineering studies on buildings has been introduced. Furthermore, crisis management procedures within insurers have been reviewed. The latter are now making recourse to specialized independent agencies.