September 1, 2010 — The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has re-activated its Hurricane Resource Center.  The Center contains a series of links to both track hurricane activity and to contribute to charities to help hurricane victims.

August 23, 2010 — A new report released by FM Global examines why some companies prepare for the risk of natural disasters while other seemingly gamble with their future.

August 24, 2010 — Laurens Bouwer, a Dutch researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies, has published an article in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in which he argues that wealth and the expansion of the population are to blame for the increasing number of natural disasters.

August 18, 2010 – A report released at the Aug. 13 meeting in Seattle of the NAIC Climate Change and Global Warming (EX) Task Force shows that only 18 states – less than a third of the NAIC states and territories – have decided to administer the NAIC Climate Risk Disclosure Survey.
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July 28, 2010 – The annual State of the Climate report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows data for 10 key climate indicators that point to the conclusion that climate change has become “unmistakeable.”

July 27, 2010 – Swiss Re and the Alabama State Insurance Fund have signed an historic three-year agreement where the reinsurer will provide parametric insurance cover for the SIF’s primary catastrophic hurricane exposure. Parametric solutions compensate the buyer based on the physical characteristics of a disaster.

July 23, 2010 – Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, a co-sponsor of the climate and energy bill, the American Power Act, with Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has commented on the bill’s delay in being debated in the Senate.

July 23, 2010 – The Union of Concerned Scientists have issued a statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision on July 22 to delay any Senate debate on the Kerry-Lieberman climate and energy bill.

July 7, 2010 — Insured losses from natural disasters in the first half of 2010 totaled a record $22 billion, according to officials at Munich Re.  Their report was part of a webinar, co-sponsored with the Insurance Information Institute.  Click here to view the webinar’s Powerpoint presentation.

July 7, 2010 — A British panel headed by Sir. Muir Russell has cleared scientists at the University of East Anglia of any wrongdoing in the so-called “climategate” scandal.  Click here to read the full final report.