The year 2017 was a good year for conducting risk mitigation studies.  Two 2017 studies came out about the same time.  In 2018, Lloyd’s of London and Cambridge published their 2017 risk assessment study.  Several months earlier, the National Institute of Building Science published “Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report”.  The Lloyd’s of London and Cambridge study are discussed in another piece.  The differences between the two studies is that the Lloyd’s study is a global assessment. It also expands the risk perspective by including man-made and natural hazard risks.  Continue reading →