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United Kingdom: Flood insurance scheme inadequate, says study
2013-08-19 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's new scheme to protect homes in England and Wales from flooding vastly underestimates the number of properties at risk due to climate change, says a study from the London School of Economics (LSE). As many as 800,000 homes in England and Wales are likely to be at significant risk of flooding in a decade, even on optimistic assumptions of fewer homes being built in flood plains, with the number rising to 1.5m by 2050. That compares with about 370,000 homes at significant risk in...
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Desire for wild spaces ignites U.S. fire insurance hazard
2013-08-14 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The summer of 2013 has been another severe fire season for the United States, a trend that has insurance companies bracing for a new normal: higher rates of property damage as Americans move to wildfire-prone areas in ever greater numbers. The deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona's Yarnell Hill fire in June, the biggest such loss since 1933, shocked the nation and was the most visible evidence to date of a general trend of rising threats to lives as well as property. The insurance industry has...
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Microsoft touts 30K insurance company users of Windows 8 Pro custom tablets
2013-08-08 05:55:41| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that 30,000 Windows 8 Pro tablets are being deployed to sales personnel at Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance in Tokyo.
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Illinois law requires high schools to get catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes
2013-08-06 19:25:00| American School & University
Legislation is named in memory of student who was paralyzed in 2000 during a football game Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Illinois law requires high schools to get catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes
2013-08-06 19:25:00| American School & University
Legislation is named in memory of student who was paralyzed in 2000 during a football game Schoolhouse Beat read more
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