5 CHAPTER CONCLUSION THE ABOVE CHAPTER HAS EXAMINED THE OPERATION...

6.5  Chapter  Conclusion  

The above chapter has examined the operation of three different national flood compensation systems.

Using the analytical framework built in Chapter 2, the components and attributes of each system have

been identified and where possible relationships and interactions have been captured. As each system

included private insurance companies, although with differing roles and responsibilities, particularly with

regard to the financing of flood risk, it has been possible to extract a number of underlying conditions

that pertain to their effective operation. The research question posed at the beginning of this chapter

has been adequately answered:

The conditions contribute to effectiveness of national flood insurance systems in practice, in no

particular order, include the following: