Climate change and insurance / / Christina M. Carroll [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460867003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-61438-734-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (518 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.73/086
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Law and legislation - United States; Climate change insurance - Law and legislation - United States; Liability for environmental damages - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Climate Change and Insurance: An Overview; CHAPTER 2: Climate Change, Global Warming, and Greenhouse Gases: Background; CHAPTER 3: Climate Change as an Emerging Risk and Comparison to Historic Emerging Risks; CHAPTER 4: The Likely Plaintiffs and Targets of Emerging Climate Change-Related Litigation and Regulation; CHAPTER 5: Existing and Emerging Climate Change-Related Regulation; CHAPTER 6: Climate Change-Related Litigation; CHAPTER 7: Intersection of Climate Change and Insurance; CHAPTER 8: Potential Claims Liability: Potential Exposure DriversGlossary of Acronyms & Terms; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Climate change has become a significant issue in scientific, political, and legal circles, and this may have profound implications for the insurance industry. More frequent catastrophic events such as floods, droughts, fires, hurricanes, and the like, whether or not attributable to climate change, challenge the insurance industry's abilities to measure and predict risk. Climate Change and Insurance is the first publication of its kind and the definitive resource for anyone seeking to understand the complex risks and opportunities associated with climate change and its potential impacts on the