insurance

Insurance experts rank climate change as top risk for 2019

A survey of professional actuaries ranked it higher than cyber crimes, terrorism, or financial insecurity.

FEMA’s outdated flood maps made Houston’s bad situation worse

If FEMA can't keep up politically and financially, future victims of disaster will continue to be underprepared, inundated, and overwhelmed.

The only real way to save on car insurance

Oh sure, you could hang around with lizards and cavemen and pink-haired spy chicks and that irritating “Fran” woman, trying to save a few bucks. Or you could cut to the chase.

Risky business: States require insurers to plan for climate change

After a record-setting year of climate disasters in the U.S., insurance companies in three states will now have to assess risks related to climate change.

Why the insurance industry won’t save us from climate change

Could pricey premiums deter people from living in high-risk areas and prompt action on climate change? The evidence so far suggests not.

2011 natural disasters cost a record $265 billion

Politicians might not believe in climate change, but insurance companies do. They track disasters, and it turns out that disasters just in the first six months of this year already cost the world more than any other year of disasters on record.

The price tag for 2011 disasters reached $265 billion.

Warren Buffett doesn’t believe CO2 is a real risk for Berkshire Hathaway

The wise man responsible for all those Geico ads may not be so wise when it comes to climate issues.Photo: JavierBillionaire investor Warren Buffett appears seriously confused about the risks posed by greenhouse gases. Two years ago, the sage of Omaha wrote, “Doubling the carbon dioxide we belch into the atmosphere may far more than […]