Recommended Reading

by Dr. Brockett
(Access available to JSTOR at the UT Library - login required, then use titles below, in the JSTOR search box)

• Insurance versus Self-Insurance: A Risk Management Perspective
  Patrick L. Brockett; Samuel H. Cox, Jr.; Robert C. Witt

Property / Casualty Insurance

• Managing Business Risk through 2009 and Beyond (FM Global through National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) 2007)
• Global Risks 2007 (World Economic Forum 2007)
• An Industry at the Crossroads  (Insurance Information Institute January 2007)

Disaster / Catastrophe Risk Management

• Actual versus Modeled Loss (Reinsurance Association of America  2006)
• The Catastrophe Bond Market at Year-End 2006 ~ Ripples Into Waves (MMC Securities for RIMS 2007)
• Climate Change: Financial Risks to Federal and Private Insurers in Coming Decades Are Potentially Significant (GAO Report of March 2007)
• Homebuilders Guide to Coastal Construction (FEMA 2005)
• The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) June 2007

       Released June 4, the report The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why focuses on the direct physical causes and contributing factors to the hurricane protection system failures during Hurricane Katrina. This report details the in-depth review by the ASCE Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) to better understand this tragedy and prevent similar disasters from happening again. It is a fascinating read, offering hope for not just the future of New Orleans, but also for all other hurricane and flood-prone areas of the country.  … UT Austin involvement