Thailand Shifts Disaster Risk to Insurers With $467 Million Plan
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Thailand Shifts Disaster Risk to Insurers With $467 Million Plan

Sep 1st, 2026 • 5 min • View Source

Thailand plans to provide government-funded disaster insurance to about 30 million households in high-risk areas, while seeking to shift some of the growing cost of floods and other catastrophes to private insurers. The government on Tuesday approved a 15.5 billion …

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