Insurance, Politics and Climate Change

Part 2

Table of Contents

 

Chapter 5:  Climate Change Affects Insurance Companies & Policyholders

168

The Lawsuits Continue to Rise in Numbers

168

Examples of Severe Weather Events in 2021

169

It Is Still Just Weather!?

171

  Fact #1-#5

171

  Fact #6-#12

172

Federal Policies on Climate Change Between 2017and 2020

173

An Ever-Growing Wave of Lawsuits Helps the Insurance Industry

175

Will Litigation be the Savior of the Insurance Industry?

178

  Wind Insurance in Wind Pool Areas

180

  What Defines a Windstorm?

180

  Windstorm Insurance Deductibles in Florida

181

Insurer Risk-Knowledge & Management

182

Assessing Risk & Avoiding Losses

187

Life & Health Insurance Will be Affected

193

  Changing Landscape Affects Health Issues & Health Insurance

194

Chapter 6: Insurers Have Limited Abilities

196

Persuasion Through Premium Rates

196

    Insurance penetration rates

198

Department of Commerce Estimations

205

NFIP: What is the Message for Taxpayers?

207

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

210

1. Premium Increases & Surcharges

210

  Pre-FIRM Subsidized Policies

211

  Other Subsidized Policies

211

  V Zones

212

  A Zones

212

  X Zones

212

  Miscellaneous

212

  Changes to Become Effective 1/1/19

212

2. Policy Reformation for Use of Incorrect Standard Flood Ins Policy Form

213

3. Premium Receipt Date for Guidance for Invalid Payments

213

4. Primary Residence Determination

213

5. Clarification of Increased Cost of Compliance Premium

214

6. HFIAA Section 28, Clean Communication of Risk – Phase 2 Re-underwriting

214

7. Datum Conversion

214

8. Updated Claims Data Elements

215

NFIP Risk Rating 2.0

215

What is not Changing

216

Premium Rates under Risk Rating 2.0

217

Phase I and Phase II

218

General Property Form / Standard Flood Insurance Policy

220

Europe Ahead of America in the Reality Category

248

Litigation Risk Due to Both Actions & Inactions Related to Climate Change

250

Physical Risks

254

Transition Risks

254

Liability Risks

254

Driving Factors

254

Insurer Risk is Increasing

256

Insurance Categories

257

Business Interruption Insurance and Resulting Claims

258

Food Safety & Insurance

258

Global Security Also Impacted

259

General Insurance & Liability Affected

259

It is All in the Math

260

Insurance Company Wake-Up Calls

260

Insurers Invest Too

261

Dealing with Transition Risks

261

Liability Risks

262

Professional Indemnity

265

Making Assessments

266

As Always, Opinions Vary

267

Tipping Events

271

International Collaborations & Finance: Premium Rise as Claims Rise

271

Developing New Insurance Products

272

Insurance Impacts from Global Warming

273

  Life Insurance

273

  Health Insurance

273

Insurers Recognized It First (Along with Scientists of course)

278

Concepts of Insurability

279

Chapter 7: The Ethics of Climate Change

282

Climate Change: An Ethical Issue

282

The Poorest of the Poor

283

Predicting & Coping

285

New Technology & the Hope that it Will Heal

285

  Power

287

  Transport Technology

287

Funding from an Ethical Obligation

287

What’s in a Name?

289

    Three primary issues that relate to climate change

289

    IPPC report identified the ethical considerations

295

Climate Change: A Moral Issue

301

    Aerosol Pollution

303

    In insurance Uncertainty is a technical term.

307

    Adaption where possible

309

Change Starts at the Top

312

Giving the Subject Legitimacy

312

Making Global Warming Personally Relevant

313

Making Ethical Choices for our World

313

Regulatory & Political Risks

314

From a Practical Standpoint

319

Choosing Ethical Conduct

320

Ethics Beyond Philosophers

321

Being Ethically Responsible is Hard Work

322

Responsibility to Others

323

A Legal Liability

325

Free Choice

327

Egoism

329

Objectivist Theory

330

    Example # 1 & #2

330

Ethical Conduct Varies

331

Moral Persuasion

332

Rationalizing Morals

333

                                                                                   

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