Coming Attractions
Apr 4th, 2007 at 12:54 pm by Susie
If I believed in a vengeful God, I’d begin to wonder if this wasn’t retribution for the 2000 election:
TALLAHASSEE - Canceled insurance policies and skyrocketing rates plaguing the state since the active hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 are a premonition of Florida’s future under a warming climate, an insurance expert told the state Cabinet on Tuesday.
Rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes and the need for renewable energies were some of the topics a half-dozen experts touched on at the Cabinet’s first of four climate change workshops. And despite a recent special session to address insurance woes, one predicted a gloomy future for insurance unless proactive measures are taken.
“What we have seen in recent years in terms of insurance losses are but a harbinger of things to come,” said Tim Wagner, co-chairman of the Climate Change and Global Warming Task Force for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. “Insurance is priced based on statistics and probability. What climate change has done is create ambiguity and uncertainty in the pricing scenario.”
[...] a warming climate. “What we have seen in recent years in terms of insurance losses are but a harbinger of things to come,” said Tim Wagner of the Climate Change and Global Warming Task Force for the National [...]
What irony.
This corrupt Republican-run state is the one most
vulnerable to the effects of global warming.
Unfortunately, this hurts the residents,
who are predominantly Democrats.
The insurance nightmare is out there and they know it.