Industry Segments: Climate Page 21 / 22
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- November 18 2019
Australia’s unprecedented bushfires
Insurers on the hook for over US$100m in a disaster worsened by climate change.
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- November 11 2019
Millions evacuated as Cyclone Bulbul makes impact
The storm has killed 13 people and is likely to wreak further damage in India and Bangladesh.
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- November 8 2019
Swiss Re seeks to double its book in Asia: Higginbotham
The reinsurer has ambitious plans for the next five years.
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- November 4 2019
Australia to face intensified cyclone risk: IAG
Rising temperatures will lead to more devastation in New South Wales and Queensland.
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- October 31 2019
Building resilience for a changing climate: SIRC 2019 panel
Senior market figures shared a sophisticated approach to protecting assets.
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- October 31 2019
Singapore sees potential in Seadrif and Adfri: SIRC 2019
Indranee Rajah, a Singapore minister, welcomed the South East Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility.
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- October 30 2019
SIRC 2019 Q+A: Philippe Domart, PartnerRe
Renewals, rate adequacy, the soft market and climate change on the agenda in a frank interview.
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- October 29 2019
Are changing fire seasons making areas uninsurable?
Longer and more dangerous disasters in New South Wales and California should drive more reforms.
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- October 23 2019
Action on resilience can avoid uninsurable areas: ICA
There is no more time to wait says the Insurance Council of Australia.
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- October 17 2019
Axis clamps down on coal and oil sands’ risks
Another major player is promising to reduce exposure to coal.
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- October 17 2019
Parts of Australia could become uninsurable: ICA
The Insurance Council of Australia has given a stark warning to the market.
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- October 8 2019
Australia’s Reserve Bank warns on profits and climate
A financial stability review has raised concerns for the life market and about climate change.
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- September 12 2019
Australian players warn on climate as bushfires rage
Unseasonably early bushfires are making IAG and Youi uneasy.
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- September 11 2019
Emissions to cause “significant issues”: Scor’s Kessler
The reinsurer's chief executive stresses that carbon output as usual is not an option.
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- August 29 2019
Australia prepares for challenging bushfire season
The country's market is bracing for a hot and dry summer.
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- August 23 2019
Measuring climate risk
Insurers are making headway, says Alex Pui of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.
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- July 31 2019
First half nat cat bill highlights protection gap
Numerous multi-billion dollar regional disasters in the first half of the year had relatively little cover according to Aon.
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- July 29 2019
Suncorp to phase out coal underwriting
The Ossie major has set a deadline of 2025.
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- July 11 2019
Summer flooding in China cost US$6bn
Floods have caused billions of dollars of economic losses in China and India according to Aon's Impact Forecasting.
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- July 4 2019
Philip van Zyl to lead Sedgwick New Zealand
Existing chief executive Darryl Cowan to become chairman in 2020.
