takefive with Lindene Patton of Zurich Financial Services Group
Lindene Patton, Climate Product Officer for Zurich Financial Services Group, discusses her new role in coordinating the product development and proposition management efforts related to her Group's response to climate change.
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Liberty Mutual Property Unveils Flexible Green Coverage
April 22, 2008 - Liberty Mutual Property, part of Liberty Mutual Group, has introduced a collection of “green” commercial property coverages. Green Select™ is a property policy endorsement that gives customers the coverage flexibility necessary to best protect their green investments. more...
Governors Urge Federal-State Climate Partnership
April 21, 2008 – The governors of 20 states have signed a declaration on climate change calling for a federal-state partnership to address the issue. more...
Analysts See M&A, Climate Change As Top P&C Issues
April 14, 2008 – A survey by Accenture of 100 insurance equity analysts has found that most analysts foresee an increase in merger and acquisition activity this year and view climate change as a top challenge for the property-casualty industry. more...
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U.K. Report Outlines Climate Security Threats
April 23, 2008 – Climate change could cause global conflicts as large as the two World Wars which will last for centuries unless it is controlled, a leading U.K. defense think tank, the Royal United Services Institute, is warning. more...
Zurich Forms Dedicated Alternative Energy Team
April 22, 2008 – Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) has announced that Zurich Global Energy, a unit of its Global Corporate division, has created a cross-functional team to address the insurance needs of the growing alternative energy market, including solar power, wind power, biomass, geothermal energy and hydropower. more...
Swiss Re’s Emission Desk Purchases Carbon Credits
April 7, 2008 – Swiss Re Global Markets Limited, a Swiss Re subsidiary, has entered into the agreement with Hebei with the main objective of acquiring Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) for its emissions trading desk. Hebei’s project will achieve emission reductions by replacing fossil fuel based power with state-of-the-art wind power plants connected to the North China Power Grid. more...
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Study Casts Doubt on Global Warming-Hurricane Link
April 15, 2008 - A new study co-authored by Kerry Emanuel of MIT and published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society indicates that global warming should reduce the global frequency of hurricanes, though their intensity may increase in some locations. more...
Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Curb Temperatures, Researchers Say
March 10, 2008 – A paper just published in the journal, Geophysical Research Letters, argues that countries must bring carbon emissions down to near zero levels to keep temperatures from rising. more...
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate: Report
March 3, 2008 – A report released by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change offers a “second opinion” on the global warming issue, arguing that there is currently no convincing evidence or observations of significant climate change from other than natural causes. more...
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