Study: Local Hazard Planning Cuts CAT Losses

NU Online News Service, Nov. 21, 4:13 p.m. EST?Confirming the value of land use planning, a study has found that communities that take natural disasters into account in regulating development experience fewer insured losses.

The findings were presented this week at the Institute for Business & Home Safety's Annual Congress in New Orleans.

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