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Insurance industry calls for action on climate change

April 24, 2015April 23, 2015 S.Vagus

Report from coalition calls for better disaster preparedness A coalition of large insurer, consumer advocacy groups, and environmental organizations called SmarterSafer has release a report that is urging the U.S. to overhaul its disaster policies in light of increasingly disastrous weather related to climate change. The insurance industry has expressed concern over climate change for years, urging companies to prepare for violent weather and petitioning governments to take more action against this phenomenon or risk potential financial disaster. Report highlights the fault of the disaster framework in the United States…

Insurance industry may need to take climate change seriously

March 4, 2015March 3, 2015 Marc

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Insurance regulators are calling for insurers to become more prepared for climate change Insurance regulators in the United States may be growing more supportive of efforts to combat climate change. This climatic phenomenon has the potential to be the most disruptive force that the insurance industry has faced in its long history. Regulators throughout the country, represented by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, are calling for the insurance industry to take climate change more seriously and help businesses prepare for the potential impact of this phenomenon. Regulators are becoming…

Insurance companies aren’t ready for climate change

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 Julie Campbell

A new report has shown that insurers in the United States aren’t prepared for risks associated with global warming. According to a report that was recently produced from a survey conducted by Ceres, an environmental investigator advocacy group, the majority of American insurance companies are in no way prepared to address the types of risks that could arrive as a result of climate change. This study determined that this could bring about widespread negative consequences in dealing with this important issue. Ceres surveyed 330 different insurance companies that represent about…

Climate Change and the Insurance Industry

August 2, 2014August 1, 2014 Note From The Editor

Climate change is a controversial issue, but mostly because of political and philosophical beliefs. The insurance industry has been well aware of the potential impact a changing climate can have on the global environment and has been encouraging efforts to mitigate this impact. Climate change has the potential to bankrupt the insurance industry, as the phenomenon would be responsible for the increasing frequency in major natural disasters that disrupt the global economy and put a strain on the world’s resources. The insurance industry has been working to steel itself against…

The Insurance Industry and Climate Change

June 14, 2014June 12, 2014 Note From The Editor

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Insurers are taking steps to address climate change When it comes to climate change, insurance can be a tricky subject. The global insurance industry does not typically deal in “what ifs” and many large insurers are not willing to debate whether or not climate change is real. These insurers are more apt to address the issue of climate change by offering new insurance products and finding ways to mitigate the risks associated with the phenomenon. Powerful storms, rising temperatures, and depleting food and water resources are becoming issues that the…

Lloyd’s of London calls the insurance industry to action on climate change

May 14, 2014May 12, 2014 Nordstrom

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Climate change may need more attention from the insurance industry Lloyd’s of London, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, has released a new report titled “Catastrophe Modeling and Climate Change.” The issue of climate change has been steeped in controversy for some time. There are those that suggest that climate change is little more than an exaggeration of a natural process that has been occurring for millennia. Others suggest that if climate change continues to occur unabated, the human species may be faced with the very real…

Insurance companies in three states required to provide their response plans for climate change

February 4, 2012May 5, 2013

The insurance commissioners for New York, California, and Washington state have announced that they will now be requiring insurers to disclose a climate change response plan that will outline the way in which they plan to respond to the changing risks that customers and businesses face as wildfires, severe storms, and rising sea levels become more common. Until now, those three states have asked only about a third of the larger insurance companies to provide information in the form of responses to a survey, but for all other insurers, it…