Treasury Department investigates insurance coverage impact of climate change

Insurance coverage - Climate Change Investigation

Concern is rising over the harm increasingly extreme weather is having on property rates and availability. The US Treasury Department is addressing rising concern over the impact of climate change on the availability and affordability of property insurance in disaster-prone areas. The Treasury is now launching the first nationwide insurers’ financial exposure assessment to climate risk. A preliminary email was issued by the Federal Insurance Office to regulators in every state. The email requested the data they had available for insurance coverage, liabilities and losses across the last half decade…

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