Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Top Stories of the Year – International
Dec 24 2006 // 1. Climate Change Facts Multiply Climate change or global warming is the 800-pound gorilla in the insurance industry. More reports this year added to the growing body of evidence that the planet is heating up, and...
Climate change, reinsurance and Lloyd’s
Dec 24 2006 // N1 36 Poizner poised to lead Insurers hope for friendlier climate 40 Electronically stored information Agents must heed new rules 10 Calif.’s uninsured motorists
IAG Announces Plan to be ‘Carbon Neutral by 2012’
Nov 17 2006 // CEO Mike Hawker announced at the Insurance Australia Group Limited’s annual general meeting that IAG intends to make its global operations “carbon neutral within five years.” “As an insurance...
Allianz on Climate Change Impact
Nov 16 2006 // The world’s largest insurers continue to bring the threats posed by global warming/climate change home to the rest of the world, and to press for remedial action. A report earlier this week found that much of the...
Munich Re Tells UNEP Conference $1 Trillion Loss Year Possible
Nov 15 2006 // Dr. Thomas Loster, a geographer who advises the Munich Re Foundation, told those attending the current United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Conference in Nairobi that, “Most insurance and re-insurance companies...
ABI Study Warns of Increased Flood Risk in Eastern U.K.
Nov 10 2006 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has issued a new report that warns of the dangers of increased flooding in Eastern England. Among other findings, the report, which was compiled using data supplied by Calif.-based...
Stern warning
Nov 6 2006 // While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stood by President George Bush’s side on Iraq, he has parted ways with the Bush Administration over global warming, publicly and privately warning the U.S. and the world to...
Stern warning
Nov 6 2006 // While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stood by President George Bush’s side on Iraq, he has parted ways with the Bush Administration over global warming, publicly and privately warning the U.S. and the world to...
Stern warning
Nov 6 2006 // While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stood by President George Bush’s side on Iraq, he has parted ways with the Bush Administration over global warming, publicly and privately warning the United States and the...
Editor’s Note: Stern warning
Nov 5 2006 // While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stood by President George Bush’s side on Iraq, he has parted ways with the Bush Administration over global warming, publicly and privately warning the U.S. and the world to...
Editor’s Note: Stern warning
Nov 5 2006 // While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stood by President George Bush’s side on Iraq, he has parted ways with the Bush Administration over global warming, publicly and privately warning the U.S. and the world to...
Editor’s Note: Stern warning
Nov 5 2006 // While British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stood by President George Bush’s side on Iraq, he has parted ways with the Bush Administration over global warming, publicly and privately warning the United States and the...
Lloyd’s Releases Second ‘360 Report’ on Climate Change
Nov 1 2006 // Lloyd’s has released the second installment of its “360 Climate Change” series, entitled “What next for climate change?” Last June it published the first installment, entitled “Climate...
Inaction on Climate Change Endangers World Economy, Warns British Report
Oct 31 2006 // Delaying action on climate change – even by a decade or two – will take the planet into dangerous territory, a new report from the British Government warns. The Stern Review on climate change calls climate...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
The Commissioners
Oct 9 2006 // Washington’s Mike Kreidler: Making the insurance market work The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner is a vigorous protector of consumers under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Kreidler. From...
Calif. attorney general sues automakers over global warming
Oct 9 2006 // Automakers should be held liable for contributions to global warming, according to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Thus, he recently filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging...
Mike Kreidler, Washington, Insurance Commissioner
Oct 9 2006 // The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner is a vigorous protector of consumers under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Kreidler. From maintaining a trust relationship between consumers and insurers, to...
New Study Ties Global Warming to Stronger Hurricanes
Sep 14 2006 // Most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming, says a study that one researcher says “closes the loop” between climate change and...
Climate Change Will Limit Ability to Control Wildland Fires, Scientists Say
Aug 30 2006 // Changes in climate will limit humans’ ability to manage wildland fire and apply prescribed fire across the landscape, according to the “San Diego Declaration on Climate Change and Fire Management,” a...
