Analysis

The insurance perspective on climate sceptics

By Trevor Hemsley 2023-07-17T09:55:00

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Between 2000 and 2021, the number of global weather and climate disasters declined by around 10%, but what does this mean for insurers’ risk projections?

Mark Twain’s observation that “Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable” will strike a chord with anyone investigating global warming.

According to the scientific community, it is a ‘fact’ that man-made carbon emissions produced since the industrial revolution are directly linked to recent alarming patterns of climate change.

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