{"id":180282,"date":"2010-01-14T05:57:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T10:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=4879"},"modified":"2010-01-14T05:57:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T10:57:33","slug":"insurance-group-says-stolen-e-mails-show-risk-in-accepting-climate-science-by-evan-lehmann-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/180282","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Group Says Stolen E-Mails Show Risk in Accepting Climate Science by Evan Lehmann, New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: ClimateGate<\/a>, Financial<\/a>, Headline Story<\/a><\/p>\n

A major trade group for the insurance industry is warning that it is “exceedingly risky” for companies to blindly accept scientific conclusions around climate change, given the “serious questions” around the extent to which humans cause atmospheric warming.<\/p>\n

The assertion was made in a letter<\/a> (pdf) to insurance regulators, who will administer the nation’s first mandatory climate requirements on corporations in May. Large insurers will have to answer about a dozen questions related to the preparations they are taking to safeguard themselves from climatic hazards.<\/p>\n

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies believes that the new regulation leaves little room for companies to cast doubt on widely accepted assumptions about global warming. Insurers are hamstrung to provide answers that dovetail with the perception of key regulators who believe climate change threatens the industry’s financial strength, said Robert Detlefsen, the group’s vice president of policy.<\/p>\n

Click source to read FULL report by Evan Lehmann<\/p>\n

Source: nytimes.com<\/p>\n

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