Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance in China: In Need of Strong Government Backing

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	Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance in China: In Need of Strong Government Backing
	Feng, Yan ; Mol, Arthur P. J. ; Lu, Yonglong ; He, Guizhen ; van Koppen, C. S. A.
刊名	AMBIO
	2014
卷号	43 期号:5 页码:687-702
关键词	Pollution insurance China Environmental risk management Compensation Pollution Insurance companies
ISSN号	0044-7447
中文摘要	Environmental pollution liability insurance was officially introduced in China only in 2006, as part of new market-based approaches for managing environmental risks. By 2012, trial applications of pollution insurance had been launched in 14 provinces and cities. More than ten insurance companies have entered the pollution insurance market with their own products and contracts. Companies in environmentally sensitive sectors and high-risk industries bought pollution insurance, and a few successful compensation cases have been reported. Still, pollution insurance faces a number of challenges in China. The absence of a national law weakens the legal basis of pollution insurance, and poor technical support stagnates further implementation. Moreover, current pollution insurance products have limited risk coverage, high premium rates, and low loss ratios, which make them fairly unattractive to polluters. Meanwhile, low awareness of environmental and social liabilities leads to limited demand for pollution insurance products by industrial companies. Hence, the pollution insurance market is not yet flourishing in China. To improve this situation, this economic instrument needs stronger backing by the Chinese state.
WOS记录号	WOS:000340591400012
公开日期	2015-03-23
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/9154]
专题	生态环境研究中心_城市与区域生态国家重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Feng, Yan,Mol, Arthur P. J.,Lu, Yonglong,et al. Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance in China: In Need of Strong Government Backing[J]. AMBIO,2014,43(5):687-702.
APA	Feng, Yan,Mol, Arthur P. J.,Lu, Yonglong,He, Guizhen,&van Koppen, C. S. A..(2014).Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance in China: In Need of Strong Government Backing.AMBIO,43(5),687-702.
MLA	Feng, Yan,et al."Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance in China: In Need of Strong Government Backing".AMBIO 43.5(2014):687-702.