Climate Change Drives Insurance Woes in Louisiana
Article 0 Comments A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and got a surprise so ugly it made him decide to move...
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Australia Settles Lawsuit Over Climate-Related Systemic Risks to Sovereign Bonds
Article 0 Comments The Australian government has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit which alleged it had failed to disclose climate change-related risks to investors in the country’s sovereign bonds, court filings showed....
Raging Wildfires Prompt Evacuation of Northern Canadian City, Yellowknife
Article 0 Comments Wildfires have forced an evacuation of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Officials with the territorial government told residents in the highest-risk areas to evacuate immediately. Other residents have until...
Bill to Make Big Companies in California Disclose Emissions Worth Watching in All States
Article 0 Comments New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! A bill to make large companies in California disclose their emissions is worth a watch in all states. The moving through California...
Washington Commissioner Sends Climate Risk Disclosure Survey to Insurers
Article 0 Comments Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler sent out his annual Climate Risk Disclosure survey, requiring insurance companies with more than $100 million in written premiums in the United States in 2022 to...
Russia’s Arctic Shipping Dream Stumbles on Small Aging Fleet
Article 0 Comments Russia will struggle to meet its strategic goal of more than quadrupling Arctic sea shipments by the end of the decade as the nation cannot increase and upgrade its small, aging...
Study Blames Climate Change for Summer Wildfire Rise in California
Article 0 Comments New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! A study out this week shows that nearly all of the observed increase in summer wildfires in California over the past half-century...