The Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool offers cost-effective insurance coverage against earthquakes to households through an innovative public-private partnership. This book describes how this pool was designed and implemented. It also presents the main challenges and draws some lessons from this successful experience supported by the World Bank.

The Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool is the first ever pool created in a middle income country. It offers cost-effective insurance coverage against earthquakes to households through an innovative public-private partnership. This book describes how this pool was designed and implemented, presents the main challenges and draws some lessons from this successful experience supported by the World Bank.