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The Nature Conservancy debuts new Hawaii coral reef insurance plan

Biodiversity

The Nature Conservancy debuts new Hawaii coral reef insurance plan

Hawaii will receive pay-outs of up to US$2m for reef restoration if tropical storms hit, building on the world’s first reef insurance policy covering hurricane damage in Mexico.

clock 23 November 2022 • 4 min read
'Disturbing': Why climate remains the single biggest global economic threat

Risk

'Disturbing': Why climate remains the single biggest global economic threat

Top insurers and economists warn climate change remains biggest global economic threat, despite on-going COVID risks

clock 11 January 2022 • 7 min read

Risk

Natural disaster damages hit $210bn worldwide in 2020, Munich Re estimates

Insurance giant warns 'it is time to act' in order to curb growing costs of climate change

clock 08 January 2021 • 3 min read

Climate change

'Severe and costly': 2018 clocks in $160bn worth of extreme weather damages

Annual natural disaster report from Munich Re rates 2018 as the fourth costliest year since 1980

clock 09 January 2019 • 2 min read
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