Long-term political planning needed to close protection gap: Catlin

Politicians need to broaden their time horizons beyond their
term in office when considering risk mitigation measures, Catlin
founder Stephen Catlin suggested.
Speaking in his capacity as the chair of the Insurance
Development Forum at the International Cooperative and Mutual
Insurance Federation's conference in London, Catlin said
politicians typically viewed policies on a horizon of no more than
five-to-10 years.
"When you get to a 1-in-100-year risk, they are
snoring," he said. "We need polit