To handle the risk of massive payouts, insurance companies sell policies across different markets—reasoning that a hurricane probably won’t hit Louisiana the same month a wildfire wipes out a California town—and buy reinsurance to help distribute risk across regions. But as the climate changes, extreme weather intensifies, and claims pile up, this system has been
As climate risks mount, insurance safety net is breaking down
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