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Insurers warn climate change could double premiums

 
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Monday 23 March 2009 at 15:28:00 New report expected to show insurance industry has underestimated financial cost of climate change damage Insurance companies are reportedly poised to increase their estimates for future premiums as scientific predictions about the impacts of climate change continue to worsen.... (link)

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