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Climate change to cost insurers: ABI

04 November 2009

Property insurance could become more expensive and harder to obtain as a result of global climate change, according to a new report published by the Association of British Insurers.

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Property insurance could become more expensive and harder to obtain as a result of global climate change, according to a new report published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The ABI’s report The Financial Risks of Climate Change – which was produced by risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide – looked at the financial implications of the widely predicted temperature increases of two, four...


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