Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UN IPCC Head Sees Possible Climate Change Deal in 2009
May 5 2008 // The world can reach a significant new climate change pact by the end of 2009 if current talks keep up their momentum, the head of the United Nations climate panel said on Sunday. The United Nations began negotiations on a...
Climate Change Risk Gives Industry An Opportunity to Be Part of the Solution
Apr 21 2008 // Global warming, the consequence of which is referred to as climate change, is the heating of the earth’s surface temperature caused by man-made activity linked to release of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The burning of...
Analysts See Increase in P/C Mergers Ahead; Rate Climate Change Top Issue
Apr 14 2008 // Insurance equity analysts expect a significant increase in property/ casualty mergers and acquisitions this year, according to findings of a global survey by Accenture. More than two-thirds (71 percent) of all P/C analysts...
Lloyd’s Finds 25 New Risks for Industry to Worry About
Apr 10 2008 // As if the insurance industry didn’t already have a heaping plate full of risks, Lloyd’s has summarized the results of a scientific conference and added 25 more. An article on its web site (www.lloyds.com)...
Climate Change Heats Up Insurance Industry
Apr 7 2008 // Greenhouse gases (GHGs) have gotten a bad rap, according to Mark C. Bove, senior research meteorologist, catastrophic risk management for Munich Reinsurance America. Speaking on a panel about climate change at the...
U.N. Climate Talks to Test U.S. Shifts
Mar 28 2008 // Up to 190 nations will start work on a new U.N. climate treaty in Bangkok on Monday, in a test of how far the world has progressed after years of deadlock highlighted by a U.S. outburst about a duck in 2005. “If it...
Climate Change Under World Spotlight
Mar 24 2008 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2007 concludes that they killed over 20,000 people and cost the insurance industry $70 billion, $28 billion related to property claims....
Greenhouse Funds Gloom Hangs over G20 Climate Talks
Mar 14 2008 // Rich nations must come up with billions in new money to help poor countries fight global warming and not just repackage development aid to score diplomatic points, environmentalists at a meeting of top polluters said on...
Climate Change No. 1 in Top 10 Risks Facing the Insurance Industry
Mar 12 2008 // Potential climate change is the greatest strategic risk currently facing the property/casualty insurance industry, with demographic changes taking priority for the life insurance industry, according to a new study by Ernst...
UK Floods Not from Climate Change
Mar 11 2008 // A new study released by the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) has concluded that the heavy rainfall, which caused extensive flooding in England and Wales last summer, cannot be linked to global climate...
Storm Losses Blamed on Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming
Mar 10 2008 // A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study. U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and wealth on the coasts, not a...
U.N. Official Urges EU to Aid Developing Nations on Climate
Mar 3 2008 // The European Union should speedily work out ways to help developing nations fight global warming to avert a “Catch 22” impasse that could brake action worldwide, the U.N.’s top climate change official...
Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming, Blamed for Rising Storm Losses
Feb 25 2008 // A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study. U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and wealth on the coasts, not a...
Swiss Re Stresses Role of Insurance at Climate Change Conference
Feb 19 2008 // Rick Murray, Managing Director at Swiss Re, made some important observations on the insurance industry’s role in dealing with problems caused by the changing climate. Speaking at a United Nations Climate Risk Summit...
The Pressure’s On
Jan 27 2008 // Washington State’s Kreidler believes now’s the time for the industry to face climate change Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has proven adept at balancing the many demands placed upon state...
Earth’s Climate ‘Clearly Out of Balance’ Reports American Geophysical Union
Jan 25 2008 // A newly released statement by the world’s largest scientific society of Earth and space scientists – the American Geophysical Union (AGU) – warns that “the Earth’s climate is now clearly out...
Zurich Launches ‘Market-focused’ Climate Initiative
Jan 22 2008 // The Zurich Financial Services Group has launched a global initiative focused on the development of products and services addressing the evolving risks associated with climate change, as well as the establishment of a...
Climate Change Impacts UK Marine Environment
Jan 17 2008 // Climate change is having “a significant impact” on the marine environment in the UK, according to a new report from the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP). The organization was established in...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007
Dec 31 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Willis Report Tackles Global Warming Impact on Risk Management
Dec 27 2007 // “Climate change is one of the foremost concerns of our time,” states a bulletin from Willis. “In a relatively short time, the focus has shifted from debate over the reality of global warming to a general...
