Insurance companies will need to be innovative and explore new policy options as they manage the growing risk to homes from climate change and natural disasters.
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Cancer survivors often struggle to access the same range of financial products as the general population.
A town hit hard by two hurricanes, downpours and a deep freeze, all in the midst of a pandemic, offers crucial lessons for everyone’s disaster planning and recovery.
Nigeria will experience a relative increase in cancer incidence by 2040
Climate change is making some parts of Australia unliveable or uninsurable. We need a national conversation about the planned relocation. A proposed National Relocation Authority can lead the way.
Homeowners insurance is so expensive that some people are going without it.
An atmospheric scientist explains how hail forms and what to do if you’re suddenly being pelted by giant ice chunks falling from the sky.
Two weather and climate scientists explain what these two vital industries consider extreme, and how the impacts of any given extreme can vary greatly between sectors.
Genomic research stands to help develop new medical treatments – and we need donations of lots of data for this to work. But people don’t want data on their genes to be exploited for profit.
Insurance is supposed to be a safety net, but it can be weaponised in domestic and family violence situations. There’s a lot we can do to better protect victim-survivors.
Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
Costs quickly rise when things go wrong with roads, roofs and power lines. Many of those risks are also avoidable.
Being financially resilient means you aren’t left financially devastated when an expensive emergency creeps up on you.
Ukraine’s successes against Russia’s Black Sea fleet have increased confidence in its ability to protect shipping in and out of its ports.
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
Price discrimination is charging customers who don’t mind paying more than those who do – and businesses do it all the time. But Qantas seems to have taken it to a new level.
Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.
With average insurance premiums up 28% in the past year, there’s growing pressure on the insurance industry to rethink its opposition to a government-owned and run disaster reinsurance pool.
Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Chair in Insurance and Professor, Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics, Loughborough University
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Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University
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Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Finance and Insurance, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Financial Planning, James Cook University
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Professor, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Calgary
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University