White Papers
WeatherBill regularly publishes white papers to educate companies on weather coverage innovations and best practices.
Protecting Profits with Weather Coverage: New Solutions for Hydroelectric Companies & Water Districts
March 2009
Hydroelectric companies and water districts are confronting new economic and climate challenges. These challenges require new financial solutions to stabilize revenue, support expansion and protect budgets during droughts and unseasonably warm winters. Weather coverage is a new weather risk management tool that can be used alongside traditional risk management and insurance products to protect revenue, control costs, and free up cash reserves for more efficient debt and investment management.
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Insurance Agents & Brokers: Growing Business with Weather Coverage
March 2009
In an increasingly volatile economy and changing climate, brokers and agents need new ways to grow their business and provide clients with additional financial protection. Weather coverage represents an enormous new opportunity. This white paper covers how weather coverage works - highlighting sample coverage options as well as client case studies.
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Weather Promotion and Profit Protection for Retail and Manufacturing
February 2009
Consumer behavior is heavily influence by the weather. Our retail and manufacturing white paper discusses how to protect marketing events, seasonal and peak sales periods, and the supply chain from the financial impact of bad weather. We'll also review Weather Refund Promotions, how to customize weather coverage to your business needs, and provide several real success stories and examples of creative ways you can implement weather promotions and weather coverage.
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Expanding the Crop Insurance Selling Season and Attracting New Business
February 2009
Although some weather-related risks in Agriculture are covered by the Federal Crop Insurance Program, many growers are not eligible for coverage and many choose not to participate. This report is written for the brokers, agents, and financial advisers who cater to growers and other weather-sensitive agribusiness. It reviews the benefits of weather coverage compared to crop insurance, how you can use weather coverage to create your own named-peril products, and how you can integrate weather coverage into your existing business.
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Protecting Revenue & Growing Sales in the Heating Fuels Industries
January 2009
The objective of this paper is to provide examples of new ways these retailers can protect revenue and grow sales with weather coverage in an increasing volatile economy and changing climate.
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Protecting Revenue & Controlling Costs in the Snow & Ice Removal Industry
January 2009
The concept of weather coverage is new in the snow and ice removal industry; however, its popularity is growing as businesses face new economic and climate challenges. In this white paper you will read about new ways to protect snow and ice removal revenue and control costs from bad weather, while growing your business with weather refund guarantees.
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Sunshine Guaranteed or Your Money Back: Weather Refund Promotions
November 2008
Learn about new ways to promote sales with weather in ways that benefit both consumers and marketers. Understand how Weather Refund Promotions work, get examples of creative implementations, and read real success stories. We’ll also provide some suggestions for protecting your advertising, PR and sale events from the financial impact of bad weather.
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When Bad Weather is Good for Business
July 2008
Extreme weather events are notoriously bad for business, decreasing productivity, lowering profit, and increasing costs. An estimated 80 percent of global businesses are weather sensitive, according to the Weather Risk Management Association. However, for some companies, bad weather in a traditional sense, i.e. cold, grey, and rainy, can actually be good for business.
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