All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 24 2021 // The heavy rains and floods that killed at least 220 people in Belgium and Germany this summer were made more likely and more intense by climate change.These are the conclusions of a rapid attribution report put together in...
Aug 18 2021 // Connecticut is continuing to engage with the insurance industry on climate change and its implications with its latest release of a national survey on climate risk in the insurance industry.Previously one of six states...
Aug 13 2021 // Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29. The father of six would never make it home.It was a sweltering day with temperatures topping 100 degrees...
Aug 12 2021 // Six insurers have ruled out Arctic refuge drilling, according to a report out this week from the Gwich’in Steering Committee.The Gwich’in are the northernmost Indian Nation living in 15 villages scattered...
Aug 11 2021 // The famous islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts are facing serious impacts from rising sea levels and more powerful coastal storms driven by climate change, a new environmental report warns.The...
Aug 9 2021 // Today, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its latest comprehensive report on the state of global climate science—just the sixth in the body’s more than 30-year history.The...
Jul 30 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a report analyzing New York domestic insurers’ management of the financial risks from climate change based on their 2020 responses to the National...
Jul 30 2021 // A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising temperatures caused by greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new study that might influence how markets...
Jul 29 2021 // Lloyd’s of London plans to develop insurance products for electric vehicles and hydrogen as part of its efforts to fight climate change, the specialist insurance market said on Thursday.Lloyd’s published a...
Jul 29 2021 // The California Climate Insurance Working Group has released 40 state and local policy recommendations focused on reducing damage and improving recovery following a wildfire, extreme heat wave, or flood.The report...
Jul 23 2021 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is joining with other states around the country in conducting the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey. The survey allows...
Jul 22 2021 // Deadly floods that have upended life in both China and Germany have sent a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme across the globe.At least 25 people in the central Chinese province of Henan died...
Jul 21 2021 // British insurer Aviva called on Wednesday for urgent action from policymakers, developers and insurers to protect homes and businesses from the impact of climate change, saying most were ill-prepared to handle extreme...
Jul 15 2021 // An international group of 27 climate scientists have concluded that the recent heat wave in the Pacific Northwest was “virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.”National Weather Service reports...
Jul 15 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance group, announced the launch of a Climate Risk and Resilience division.Led by Charlie Langdale, the team will focus on risk transfer products that help to accelerate and de-risk the move...
Jul 7 2021 // The world’s top financial regulators want to coordinate efforts to prepare for potential risks from climate change as authorities still lack common standards for assessing what could be one of the biggest threats...
Jul 2 2021 // The Biden administration said Wednesday it is hiring more federal firefighters — and immediately raising their pay — as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe drought that is setting the stage for...
Jun 25 2021 // TOKYO – As the world tries to price the cost of climate change, Japan’s second largest non-life insurer MS&AD foresees the potential rise in claim payments in 2050 to be anywhere between 5% to 50% from current...
Jun 25 2021 // TOKYO – Japanese financial institutions are struggling to put a price tag on the cost of climate change, an effort made difficult by the long timeframe and a lack of data for making credible predictions.Non-life insurer...
Jun 24 2021 // His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales launched his Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force during a visit today at Lloyd’s.The SMI Insurance Task Force, convened by Prince Charles and chaired by...