Not well-thought through @TheEconomist on insurance & disasters
Consider:
"Losses from disasters cost the insurance industry $144bn in 2017"
"Last year the premiums paid for property and casualty insurance worldwide reached $2.4trn"
Problem?https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/09/19/changing-weather-could-put-insurance-firms-out-of-business …
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"Extreme events becoming the norm could force insurers to fork out ever greater payouts to policyholders, and lower the value of the assets they hold"
Swiss Re founded 1863
Munich Re founded 1880
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Are reinsurance rates increasing? No Would reinsurance companies like rates to increase? Of course What might help to increase rates? More disasters!pic.twitter.com/O6mEszDk3e
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"Swathes of the economy are likely to become uninsurable, leaving a growing number of people, firms and states exposed to catastrophic losses." There is absolutely zero evidence for this & there is nothing projected in IPCC (even RCP8.5) that suggests that this is possible
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Good on ya if you can convince the world that you are a victim of climate change at the same time you bring in record profits after record profitspic.twitter.com/3InUxY0Gzm
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