Rain insurance for whale-watching tripsSourced
What if it rains on a whale-watching day?
A weather policy offered an answer.
Taiwanese meteorologist Peng Chi-ming is credited with drafting the country's first weather-insurance policy. Approved in 2004, the rainfall product was made for whale-watching operators in Yilan and later sold for a professional baseball final.
Forecasts became
a way to insure against rain.
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