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- Tillinghast: No Connection Between Global Warming and Hurricane Damage. // Best's Review;Aug2001, Vol. 102 Issue 4, p16
Presents results of study on the connection between global warming and hurricane damages in the United States. Scientific evidence on the increase of hurricane frequency; Impact on the insurance industry; Factors considered in claim for disaster insurance.
- Global Warming and Increasing Catastrophe Losses. Quirke, Kelly // Journal of Insurance Regulation;Summer94, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p452
Increasing anomalous and severe weather events are coinciding with climbing catastrophe losses. International insurers, such as Lloyd's of London and Munich Re, have noted that global warming, caused by the increased emissions of "greenhouse gases" and related to the burning of fossil fuels, may...
- Global warming concerns prompt insurers to act. Cody, Cristal // Business Insurance;9/09/96, Vol. 30 Issue 37, p3
Reports on the insurance industry's consideration of ways to prevent and guard against natural disasters and losses caused by global warming. Property insurance industry as the most likely to be affected by climate change; Reduction of potential loss by implementing appropriate risk management...
- Exposure heats up. Unsworth, Edwin // Business Insurance;7/15/96, Vol. 30 Issue 29, p17
Reports on a report by the U.K. Climate Change Impacts Review Group for the British government, which claims that British insurers are at risk of a major increase in claims over the next 50 years as a result of global warming. Effects of global warming in Britain; Increased weather-related...
- Insurers can't cover costs of global warming, exec says. Goddard, Sarah // Business Insurance;10/07/96, Vol. 30 Issue 41, p43
Reports that insurance companies do not have the funds to cover the potential post-disaster reconstruction costs, according to Andrew Dlugolecki, group assistant general manager-underwriting at General Accident PLC in Scotland. Effect of global warming on the insurance industry.
- Global Warming -- Challenge And Opportunity -- Article Notes That Few U.S. Insurers Have Joined In The Debate. // Insurance Advocate;01/23/99, Vol. 110 Issue 4, p16
Discusses an article, published in the January/February issue of the periodical `Contingencies,' focusing on the issue of global warming and the challenges its present to the insurance industry. History of the developments to address climate change; Key forces affecting climate change; Need for...
- Noise about hurricanes. Peece, Howard // Finweek;9/20/2007, p76
The article focuses on the effects of hurricanes in the insurance industry in the U.S. The Hurricane Katrina that devastated the Mexican Gulf in 2005 has caused several environmental activists to make two main and high predictable claims: recurrence of the event and global warming. However,...
- Testimony urges insurers to act on global warming. Prince, Michael // Business Insurance;03/08/99, Vol. 33 Issue 10, p3
Reports on testimonies during a hearing before the New York Assembly's Committee on Environmental Conservation and Committee on Insurance, warning United States insurers to act on global warning. Increased risk faced by the US insurance industry; Four concerns for insurers from global warming.
- Global warming risk rising, speaker says. Unsworth, Edwin // Business Insurance;02/21/2000, Vol. 34 Issue 8, p39
Reports on Richmond, England-based Solar Century chief executive officer Jeremy Leggett's call on insurance companies to focus on exposure to global warming. Leggett's speech during a business insurance conference held in London, England.
