Climate Change Causes Insurers to Rethink Price of Risk After Hurricane Sandy

by PBS NewsHour Narrated by PBS NewsHour

Overview

The insurance industry looks at historical data, old and new, in order to assess the risk for potential disasters and put a price on premiums. But when Sandy hit the Northeast, some insurance companies reconsidered if they priced insurance high enough for the greater risks brought on by climate change. Paul Solman reports.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172014222
Publisher:	NewsHour Productions
Publication date:	11/21/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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