August 3, 2023
Eight-in-10 people around the globe in July were exposed to one day or more of heat made at least three times more likely by climate change, and 244 million people in the U.S. experienced at least one such day in …
August 2, 2023
The disruption in the cannabis space is having an impact on that insurance specialty from coast to coast, a new report out from Amwins shows. The report, Amwins State of The Market Report 2023: A Focus on the Cannabis Market, …
July 25, 2023
U.S. insurers are adopting numerous strategies to deal with risks from climate change, according to a review out today that gives the first look at how or if insurance companies are adopting the widely used Task Force for Financial Disclosure …
July 13, 2023
A bill to make large companies in California disclose their emissions is worth a watch in all states. The moving through California Legislature – it passed the Assembly Natural Resources Committee this week – could set a stage in other …
July 13, 2023
The world of cannabis podcasts is as varied as it is broad. Some podcasts focus on the best ways to consume. Others have a business focus. There are podcasts focused almost solely on data, podcasts with a venture capital bent, …
July 3, 2023
Insurers have come a long way on climate change, but they have a long way to get where they need to be to deal with a more hazardous planet. That was the assessment from Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, a …
June 29, 2023
AccuWeather is launching what it says is the only scale that tracks the duration and severity of heat waves, which are becoming more common occurrences due to factors like climate change, deforestation and urban heat island effects. AccuWeather’s HeatWave Counter …
June 29, 2023
You can’t really know much about the cannabis industry without having at least a basic understanding of extraction. It’s a major part of the industry, but you really don’t hear about it being talked about enough. Darwin Millard, chief science …
June 20, 2023
Insurance professionals specializing in cannabis across the nation in the last few years have gone from few and far in between to too many to count as cannabis evolves into a mature industry – and it builds a clearer claims …
June 15, 2023
A study out this week shows that nearly all of the observed increase in summer wildfires in California over the past half-century is attributable to man-made climate change. An international team of scientists looked at data from record-breaking summer forest …