coastal areas development News

Report: Florida Coastal Communities Rebuilt, Ready to Face Future Storms

Since eight hurricanes whipped through Florida during back-to-back seasons a decade ago, causing $33 billion in insurance claims, the state’s coastal communities have added an additional 1.5 million people and almost a half-million new houses, an Associated Press analysis shows. …

Geneva Association Ocean Warming Report Reviews Implications for Re/Insurers

“In some high-risk areas, ocean warming and climate change threaten the insurability of catastrophe risk,” according to one of the conclusions of a research report issued today by the Climate Risks and Insurance working group of international insurance think tank, …