Climate Change and the Insurance Industry
Recent mega-catastrophes have brought increased attention to the issue of climate change and its impact on the insurance industry. Even so, most insurers have just begun exploring the issue, according Dr. Evan Mills of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrea Ortega-Wells, Mills, one of the nation’s foremost experts on energy efficiency and its relationship with climate change and risk management, discusses what the insurance industry is doing and what more can be done.
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Lobbyist Norwood Looks Ahead to 2012 in Legislature
John Norwood, principal of Norwood & Associates, has a career in political work dating back to the early 1980s, and he’s one of the state’s best known lobbyists in the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood talked about workers’ compensation, and other legislation and regulation matters that the insurance industry will face in 2012, including [...]
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Norwood on Workers’ Comp
John, principal of Norwood & Associates, has been an lobbyist for insurance and financial services sectors across several decades. Norwood offered a focused looking at the all-important workers’ compensation issue, and he gave his thoughts on health insurance exchanges. In fact, Norwood forecast that 2012 will rank as an important one when it comes to [...]
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Lobbyist Norwood Analyzes Consumer Watchdog Legislation
John Norwood is one of California’s best known legislative advocates for the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood spoke to the Insurance Journal about legislation and regulation, including a proposal by a consumer advocacy group that would establish prior approval for healthcare insurance and would make major changes to auto insurance and homeowners insurance in [...]
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Entrepreneurial Technologists
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How Insurance Distribution Is Changing
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Interesting Times in Medical Liability
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