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Opinion: Climate change is tied to higher rates and canceled coverage, so insurers ought to lead the end-fossil-fuel charge, writes Cathy Cowan Becker Insurance industry's hypocrisy: Warning about ...
The insurance industry has been criticized by environmental activists and Democratic Party lawmakers for continuing to provide coverage to fossil fuel companies, while Republican Party lawmakers have criticized the industry for curbing policy coverage to oil-and-gas companies (even though most U.S. insurance companies have generally refrained from doing so in contrast to insurers ...
Climate risk insurance is a type of insurance designed to mitigate the financial and other risk associated with climate change, especially phenomena like extreme weather. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The insurance is often treated as a type of insurance needed for improving the climate resilience of poor and developing communities.
“As climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of catastrophes, balancing insurability and affordability of insurance products is becoming an issue for insurers as well as ...
Wolf and her husband acted quickly, securing additional fire insurance coverage for roughly $7,000 a year, but AAA then embarked on a full policy review that required an inspection of the property.
Climate risk insurance is a type of insurance designed to mitigate the financial and other risk associated with climate change, especially phenomena like extreme weather. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The insurance is often treated as a type of insurance needed for improving the climate resilience of poor and developing communities.
American homeowners and renters are paying more for home insurance due to an increase in disastrous weather events triggered by climate change. Since 1980, the first year on record, "the U.S. has...
Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., No. 4:08-cv-01138 (N.D. Cal.), was a lawsuit filed on February 26, 2008, in a United States district court.The suit, based on the common law theory of nuisance, claims monetary damages from the energy industry for the destruction of Kivalina, Alaska by flooding caused by climate change.