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Climate change: insurers feeling the heat

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The global risk landscape is currently dominated by environmental upheavals caused by climate change. The resulting catastrophes are of concern to people in general and insurers, in particular, tasked as they are with underwriting and managing ever evolving risks.

Climate damages are set to increase with the knock-on effects of global warming, such as rising sea levels and heatwaves.

In the Global Risks Report 2017 compiled by Marsh for the World Economic

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