Talk of the Nation, August 12, 2005 · A recent rash of
hurricanes, heat waves and floods is making insurers
wary. Who will wind up paying for damage caused by
climate change? at [www.npr.org].

This is an excellent segment on climate change,
insurance costs, and the insurance companies today.

Related articles:

US insurers wake-up to climate change
Environmental Data Interactive, UK - August 12, 2005
[www.edie.net]

Berkeley Lab Scientist Sees Risk to Insurance Industry
From Climate Change, Ascribe, August 11, 2005
[newswire.ascribe.org]

The paper discussed is:

Mills, E, 2005, Insurance in a Climate of Change. Science.
vol. 309, no. 5737, pp. 1040-1044. [www.sciencemag.org]

Most recent there is:

Insuring your home keeps getting harder
By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel, FL, August 12, 2005
[www.orlandosentinel.com]

Insurer cutting back in Florida
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL, August 12, 2005
[www.heraldtribune.com]

The article stated:

"More than 10 insurers are bailing out of
Florida, and others have stopped taking
on new customers. Several dozen have filed
for rate hikes."

The only reason I was able to find reasonable insurance
for my house, which is south of Interstate Highway 10
in Louisiana, was that I was already a customer paying
for renter's insurance. This grandfathered me as a
customer and exempted me from the ban on new house
policies.

Best

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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