Insurance giants call for climate change heath risks to be tackled

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AXA, Allianz, and Aviva warn cost of heath threat from indirect climate impacts such as food insecurity and new disease patterns are being overlooked

Governments need a "prudent and long-term approach to managing climate change" and its associated health risks, executives from three of Europe's biggest insurers have said. Writing exclusively on BusinessGreen,...

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