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Insurers urged to offer cover for carbon markets

Tom Young

24 November 2008 • 2 min read

Industry missing out on golden opportunity to address new climate change-related markets

Insurance companies should be doing more to exploit the opportunities presented by climate change through the development of new products such as cover for carbon markets and rainforests. This is the...

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