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| Started by | kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> |
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| First post | 2018-06-02 05:35 -0400 |
| Last post | 2018-06-04 13:15 +0100 |
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Insurers Will Be Hard-Hit By Climate Change But They're Not Investing In The Low-Carbon Economy kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-02 05:35 -0400
Re: Insurers Will Be Hard-Hit By Climate Change But They're Not Investing In The Low-Carbon Economy benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-06-02 11:54 -0400
Re: Insurers Will Be Hard-Hit By Climate Change But They're Not Investing In The Low-Carbon Economy kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-02 13:44 -0400
Re: Insurers Will Be Hard-Hit By Climate Change But They're Not Investing In The Low-Carbon Economy onion@anon.invalid (Mr On!on) - 2018-06-04 13:15 +0100
Re: Insurers Will Be Hard-Hit By Climate Change But They're Not Investing In The Low-Carbon Economy onion@anon.invalid (Mr On!on) - 2018-06-04 13:15 +0100
| From | kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2018-06-02 05:35 -0400 |
| Subject | Insurers Will Be Hard-Hit By Climate Change But They're Not Investing In The Low-Carbon Economy |
| Message-ID | <petodt$a4n$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Climate change poses a severe threat to insurers, both in terms of the amount it may have to pay out to policyholders and in reducing the returns on their investments: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2018/05/31/insurers-in-the-front-line-of-the-fight-against-climate-change-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot/ (Website was down earlier. If it gives you any trouble, try https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aG8f-Qlmim4J:https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2018/05/31/insurers-in-the-front-line-of-the-fight-against-climate-change-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca instead) -- "To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy." ~David Brooks "I get fooled all the time by the constant hosiery parade in here." ~Checkmate
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| From | benj <benj@nobody.net> |
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| Date | 2018-06-02 11:54 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <t5zQC.143095$R51.123945@fx03.iad> |
| In reply to | #688270 |
On 6/2/2018 5:35 AM, kensi wrote: > Climate change poses a severe threat to insurers, both in terms of the > amount it may have to pay out to policyholders and in reducing the > returns on their investments: > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2018/05/31/insurers-in-the-front-line-of-the-fight-against-climate-change-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot/ > > > (Website was down earlier. If it gives you any trouble, try > https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aG8f-Qlmim4J:https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2018/05/31/insurers-in-the-front-line-of-the-fight-against-climate-change-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca > instead) > Since "climate change" disasters are fantasy bullshit, insurers aren't worried about that one. Ranks right up there with zombie Apocalypse.
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| From | kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2018-06-02 13:44 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <peul1h$1raq$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #688285 |
On 6/2/2018 11:54 AM, benj wrote: > Since "climate change" disasters are fantasy bullshit, insurers aren't > worried about that one. Ranks right up there with zombie Apocalypse. This Chart Shows Why Insurers Are Climate-Change Believers The cost of climate change has become eye-poppingly huge: http://fortune.com/2016/08/23/munich-re-disaster-insurance/ SPNAK! -- "To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy." ~David Brooks "I get fooled all the time by the constant hosiery parade in here." ~Checkmate
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| From | onion@anon.invalid (Mr On!on) |
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| Date | 2018-06-04 13:15 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1npvgpt.xgim20yd9445N%onion@anon.invalid> |
| In reply to | #688298 |
kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> wrote: > On 6/2/2018 11:54 AM, benj wrote: > > > Since "climate change" disasters are fantasy bullshit, insurers aren't > > worried about that one. Ranks right up there with zombie Apocalypse. > > This Chart Shows Why Insurers Are Climate-Change Believers > > The cost of climate change has become eye-poppingly huge: > > <http://fortune.com/2016/08/23/munich-re-disaster-insurance/> > > SPNAK! Professor Kensington FuD says: "The sky is falling!"
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| From | onion@anon.invalid (Mr On!on) |
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| Date | 2018-06-04 13:15 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1npvgm3.qo9lxm1g4zwe0N%onion@anon.invalid> |
| In reply to | #688270 |
kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> wrote: > Climate change poses a severe threat to insurers, both in terms of the > amount it may have to pay out to policyholders and in reducing the > returns on their investments: > ><https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2018/05/31/insurers-in-the-front-line-of-the-fight-against-climate-change-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot/> Professor Kensington FuD says: "The sky is falling!"
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