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Study Opens New Cracks In Scientific Front On Climate Change: Opinion
A major recent study has put the cat among the pigeons on climate change, challenging the size of the problem in the near-term and the role of a recent slowdown in warming. The paper, published in ...
Insurance Costs Climb With Ocean Temps: Geneva Association Report
There's only one direction for insurance costs related to climate events to move in the years ahead—upward, according to a report published today about the implications of ocean warming for the ...
What Should Carrier Execs, Directors Ask About Terror Risk?
As carrier executives and members of carrier boards work to get more comfortable with the risks their property/casualty insurance enterprises are taking on, one risk they will likely want to ...
Towers Watson Looks Beyond Jihadi Terrorism with New Risk Model
If you ask Towers Watson's Chris Holt, one of the architects of a new terror model, what he fears when he goes to work each morning, the former British Army bomb-disposal officer will respond ...
Will Solar Panels Fuel New Wave Of Construction Defect Litigation?
The solar construction industry has been extremely hot in recent years. Perhaps, too hot. The sector's rapid growth has led to an oversupply of solar panels, which has turned up the heat on ...
Insured Flood Losses In Germany At Least $5 Billion: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses in Germany from the recent floods in central Europe at between $5.3 and 7.8 billion (EUR 4.0 billion and EUR 5.8 billion), adding that ...
Soggy British Weather Likely To Stay: Scientists
The best advice for visitors to Britain—pack an umbrella—is more vital than ever. Weather scientists said Tuesday that a country that has been unusually soggy in recent years is not likely to dry ...
Scientists Agree Climate Change Is Real, World Bank Leader Says
The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of the World Bank said on Wednesday. World ...