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Climate Change Risk Management Property Insurance

McDermott Will & Schulte

Canaries and coal mines, US insurers and climate change

Canaries are the most familiar of “sentinel species” – animals (and plants) that can alert us to threats to human health and the environment. Those who know their mining history also know that canaries were first used in...more

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Driving Loss Reduction Through State-Created Residual Insurance Markets: Environmental Defense Fund/Cornell University Report

The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) and Cornell University issued a report titled: Driving Loss Reduction Through State-Created Residual Insurance Markets (“Report”)....more

WaterStreet Company

2025 Hurricane Season for Insurance

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As the 2025 hurricane season unfolds, insurance companies prepare. Early summer is time to closely monitor hurricane forecasts, assess risks, and account for financial implications that could arise due to increased property...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Parametric Insurance: The Future-Proof Solution for Enterprise Risk

In today’s fast-paced and increasingly unpredictable global environment, large enterprises face mounting risks—natural catastrophes, climate-related disruptions, supply chain breakdowns and emerging digital threats....more

Goodwin

The Climate Premium: How Environmental Risks Are Reshaping CRE Economics

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Columbia’s Pari Sastry shows how the growing disconnect between climate risk and available insurance is transforming commercial real estate....more

Stoel Rives -  Ahead of Schedule

Wildfires and Property Insurance: Navigating a Shifting Landscape

As wildfires grow more frequent and severe across California, Oregon, and Washington, homeowners and businesses face mounting challenges in securing and maintaining property insurance. The Los Angeles wildfires alone have...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Managing the Risk of Floods (Updated)

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In a rainy season, it's important to understand your flood risk. For insurance purposes, what is a flood? What proactive steps can be taken before a flood? How can you obtain the right insurance coverage?...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Insurance Policymakers Set to Curtail Climate Initiatives as Regulators Call for Federal Insurance Office Elimination

I. Recap of 2024 Climate Initiatives - Last year featured a number of investigations and initiatives by state and federal officials regarding the impact of climate risk on the affordability and availability of insurance....more

Jones Day

What About Your Suppliers? Insuring Against Climate Risks to Your Supply Chain

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More than 20 storms—11 of which will become hurricanes, and 5 of which will become Category 3 or greater hurricanes. That's one prediction for the Atlantic hurricane season. Not to worry, you say. Your operations are located...more

ASKramer Law

Weather & Climate Risk Management Part III: Regulation of Weather Risk Management Products

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Are there differences in the way in which derivatives and insurance contracts are regulated? Yes. Weather derivatives and insurance contracts are subject to totally different regulatory regimes. Derivatives are subject to the...more

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