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Paid How do I help my clients leverage digital tools to manage their climate risk?

November 27, 2023 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

For a decade or more, the business case for companies to effectively manage their exposures to the myriad risks that accompany a warming planet has been growing increasingly clear. Leveraging digital tools to better understand climate risk and its interplay

A burnt out neighbourhood following the Fort McMurray, wildfire.
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How many Canadian properties are at high risk of wildfire?

May 2, 2023 by Jason Contant

Approximately 300,000 properties across Canada are at a high wildfire risk, with another million carrying a minor risk of being impacted by wildfires during the typical mortgage term, according to Vancouver-based software and data analytics company Minerva Intelligence Inc. Minerva

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Opinion: Climate change isn’t pausing for the pandemic

May 7, 2020 Dr. Janis Sarra, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia

As the insurance sector adjusts to respond to challenges related to the novel coronavirus, flood season in Canada is beginning. Today, residents in Fort McMurray, Alta., are returning to clean up their flooded homes and businesses on the anniversary of

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Earth likely to see increase in frequency and intensity of storms, wildfires and flooding: AIR Worldwide

July 5, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The earth is likely to see an increase in the frequency and intensity of weather phenomena, including severe thunderstorms, wildfires, inland floods and coastal flood, according to projections from catastrophe risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide. The projections were contained in

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UN Secretary-General urges insurance industry to take leadership role in climate change response

April 14, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The global insurance industry is a key actor in forging new instruments to anticipate and manage climate risks, and must continue to work with the United Nations to manage and reduce such risks, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday.