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geothermal risk Insurance
National geothermal development agencies or companies should identify available insurance schemes 
and carefully consider their costs and benefits. Public insurance schemes for geothermal wells have 
been tried on national levels, notably in Iceland (Box 3.6) and Germany. In recent years, private 
insurance companies have started to show increasing interest in participation in such schemes as well 
(Schultz et al. 2010), with private sector insurance involved in projects in Germany since about 2006.