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The Next Tobacco? Climate Litigation Threat Growing: Opinion
Last month, a group of 10 families filed an action against the European Union at the European General Court, the EU's second highest court. All claim to have suffered loss from climate change. ...
How Do You Count Deaths From a Hurricane?
How many people died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria? It's a question that has been debated since the powerful storm slammed into the island and devastated the U.S. territory last year. It's also ...
Fracking Doesn’t Impact Groundwater: Studies
New research suggests drinking water supplies in Pennsylvania have shown resilience in the face of a drilling boom that has turned swaths of countryside into a major production zone for natural gas. ...
Lessons From the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Open Models, Real-Time Tracking Are Valuable Tools
Open models and tools to track hurricanes in real time can help boost modeling accuracy and aid the claims process after storms, according to a new Karen Clark & Co. analysis of the 2017 Atlantic ...
South Africa’s Liberty Holdings Says No Evidence of Insurance Customers Losses After Cyber Attack
South African insurer Liberty Holdings said on Sunday it had become the victim of a cyber attack after an external party claimed to have seized data from the firm and demanded payment. Liberty, in ...
Global Warming Set To Surpass Paris Agreement Cap of 1.5°C by 2040: UN
Global warming is on course to exceed the most stringent goal set in the Paris agreement by around 2040, threatening economic growth, according to a draft report that is the U.N.'s starkest warning ...
Wells Fargo Settles Phony Bank Account Scandal for $142M
Wells Fargo & Co said on Friday a district court in California approved a $142 million class-action settlement to compensate customers who were affected by a sales scandal related to the opening ...
Insurers May Not See Revenue Plunge With Driverless Car Advance
It turns out robots need insurance too. As driverless vehicles reduce car ownership in coming years, insurers may not face the Armageddon that had been predicted, new research shows. "We do not ...