Insurers seize climate change opportunity with over 600 new products

James S Murray
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Report finds number of new climate change and low carbon related insurance offerings doubled last year

The insurance sector is responding rapidly to the opportunities presented by climate change and the emergence of low carbon technologies with a glut of new products and services that should help accelerate...

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