<b>Climate change</b> making insurers reassess natural <b>disaster</b> policy <b>...</b>

Google Alerts - "climate change" disaster "greenhouse gas" 2013-06-24

Climate change is creating more frequent and more unpredictable extreme weather events, forcing insurers to change how they assess the risk of natural disasters hitting a specific area, the Geneva Association think tank said Monday. ... “Ocean warming has effectively caused a shift towards a 'new normal' for a number of insurance-relevant hazards,” he said in a statement, lamenting that “the shift is quasi irreversible — even if greenhouse gas emissions completely stop tomorrow, ... The Raw Story