Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lloyd’s climbs on the climate change bandwagon
Feb 12 2007 // There’s little doubt that the world is getting warmer. But this raises more questions. To what extent are greenhouse gasses, particularly CO2, responsible? Will the warming trend continue? Are there any effective...
Lloyd’s climbs on the climate change bandwagon
Feb 11 2007 // There’s little doubt that the world is getting warmer. But this raises more questions. To what extent are greenhouse gasses, particularly CO2, responsible? Will the warming trend continue? Are there any effective...
RMS Creates ‘Climate Change’ Position to Evaluate Impact on Risks
Feb 5 2007 // Newark, Calif.-based – Risk Management Solutions, a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced the appointment of Dr. Celine Herweijer to the position of “Principal...
IPCC Climate Change Report: Human Activities Linked to Global Warming
Feb 2 2007 // After a full week of presentations and discussions in Paris, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the Summary for Policymakers of the first volume of “Climate Change 2007”, also known as...
RMS Adds Herweijer as Principal Scientist, Future Climate
Feb 1 2007 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, has appointed Dr. Celine Herweijer to the position of principal scientist, future climate....
Biggest U.S. Companies Fail to Disclose Climate Change Risks to Investors, Study Says
Jan 31 2007 // Despite growing financial losses in various business sectors from climate change, over half of the nation’s 500 largest publicly traded companies are doing a poor job of disclosing climate change risks to their...
Allianz Lecturers Urge EU Lead on Climate Change
Jan 30 2007 // The global debate on Climate Change has gone from a sideshow to the main event, taking over the front pages of many newspapers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Conference, currently taking place in...
Mich. Attorney General Urges Judge to Toss Calif. Global Warming Suit
Jan 23 2007 // Michigan’s attorney general has joined six automakers in asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute...
Insurer Trade Group Launches Global Warming Web Site
Jan 18 2007 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has unveiled a new website, www.climateandinsurance.org , to help address the increasing concerns about climate change and its impact on the property/casualty...
Congress Prepares to Tackle Global Warming Legislation
Jan 15 2007 // Potential presidential rivals Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama are joining with newly independent Sen. Joe Lieberman on a plan they say would reduce global-warming gases by two-thirds over the...
U.N. Climate Expert Says Leadership Needed on Global Warming
Jan 15 2007 // The chief of the United Nations’ effort against climate change said this week there is widespread recognition of the seriousness of global warming but a lack of leadership has created a sense of helplessness. Yvo de...
Lloyd’s Chief Says Insurers Must Take Action on Climate Change Issues
Jan 12 2007 // Insurers must address global climate change as they cope with the growing cost of extreme natural disasters, said Lord Peter Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s, the London insurance market. “We cannot risk being in...
UN Climate Chief Decries Lack of Leadership on Global Warming
Jan 10 2007 // By Jenny Barchfield (AP) The chief of the United Nations’ effort against climate change said Monday there is widespread recognition of the seriousness of global warming but a lack of leadership has created a sense of...
Munich Re Warns Insurers Against Nat Cat ‘Complacency’
Dec 29 2006 // While recognizing that economic losses from natural catastrophes were considerably lower in 2006 than in 2005, Munich Re warned the industry against becoming too complacent. In a bulletin on the reinsurer’s web site...
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Climate change, reinsurance and Lloyd’s made worldwide headlines in 2006
Dec 25 2006 // 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 potential disasters on a global scale are...
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....