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7 Strategies to Overcome Supply Chain Disruptions: Mitigate Risk While Enhancing Resilience and Adaptability

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Supply chain disruption and persistent inflation remain critical issues in the global economy, with ongoing geopolitical tensions, the evolution of digital threats, and increasing emphasis on sustainability reshaping the...more

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Stronger Building Standards and Impacts on Property Insurance, Development Financing, and Affordability:

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As climate change continues to shape the real estate landscape, developers and insurers alike are feeling the impact. Stronger building standards, aimed at mitigating risks from wildfires, floods, and sea level rise, may...more

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Litigation Minute: Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters: Insurance Tips for Commercial Policyholders (ESG Litigation Series: Part...

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Storms and hurricanes, isolated but powerful tornados, earthquakes, fires, and floods—the question is not whether, but where and when policyholders will confront the next natural...more

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California's Sustainable Insurance Strategy: Balancing Innovation with Industry Challenges

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In the fall of 2023, California's Department of Insurance unveiled the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, a comprehensive initiative aimed at reforming the state’s insurance market. The impetus for this strategy was driven by a...more

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What About Your Suppliers? Insuring Against Climate Risks to Your Supply Chain

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More than 20 storms—11 of which will become hurricanes, and 5 of which will become Category 3 or greater hurricanes. That's one prediction for the Atlantic hurricane season. Not to worry, you say. Your operations are located...more

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Mega-Trends Impacting Municipal Market

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We are at the initial stages of a major paradigm shift that has significant implications for the municipal market over the next five to 10 years. A number of societal mega-trends will present material challenges for the...more

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Weather & Climate Risk Management Part II: Weather Risk Management Products

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In Part I of this series on weather and climate risk management, I reviewed the context within which organizations seek to manage climate and weather-related risks. With extreme weather events becoming more common, there are...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Weather and Natural Disasters

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The growing frequency and ferocity of major weather events and natural disasters have pushed the climate change discussion to the forefront of governments and businesses. Droughts, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic...more

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Yes, Governor Healey, let's future-proof our communities, not abandon them. Let's start by making it easier to implement...

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There was a lot to like about what Governor Healey had to say about our rapidly changing climate in her State of the Commonwealth speech Tuesday evening, especially about her expectation that Massachusetts will be the leader...more

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Disasters and Environmental Laws - Have We Learned Our Lesson?

I recently had the opportunity to speak at a State University of New York (SUNY) conference for a group of exceptional primary and high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. These teachers are part...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Association Of British Insurers Releases Guidance for Members on Taking Action Against Nature and Biodiversity Loss

The Association of British Insurers published guidance (the Action on Nature Guide) setting out what insurers and long-term savings providers can do to help prevent biodiversity loss in the UK and become more “nature...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

White House Report Calls For Reevaluation of Federal Government’s Climate-Related Spending Priorities

On March 20, 2023, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released the Economic Report of the President (“Report”). Chapter 9 of the Report, entitled “Opportunities for Better Managing Weather Risk in the Changing...more

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The Conundrum of Managed Retreat

In the climate change resilience space, there is much talk of Managed Retreat – the concept that some areas will be so inundated with recurrent flooding from sea level rise, increasingly severe storm events, and outdated...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - October 2022 #3

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New limits recommended for building homes in high-risk wildfire areas in California - The Mercury News – October 10 - At a news conference in San Diego County on October 10, California Attorney General Rob Bonta released...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Key Issues at COP 27

From November 6 to November 18 of this year, climate leaders will convene in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27). COP 27...more

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Climate Change: Is The Answer “Blowin’ in the Wind"?

Hurricane Ian brought “fierce winds, unrelenting rains and catastrophic flooding to southwest Florida. As Ian approached, Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis acknowledged that, “We all need to work together regardless of party...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights: Issue 5, 2022

Bridges, Natural Disasters and Liability - The Skanska Decision (Part 1) - What follows is a cautionary tale for anyone involved who fails to follow a natural disaster preparedness plan. Taking short cuts and failing to...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Bovine Burps and Seaweed Slurps: Innovative Cow Feed for the Climate Change Need

Alliteration aside, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have already raised the global temperature, and in turn, begun to wreak havoc on the world. Some of this damage—such as droughts, wildfires, and rising sea levels—are easily...more

J.S. Held

Climate and Extreme Weather Events: Considerations for Insurance, Infrastructure Planning & Environmental and Financial Compliance

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Climate and extreme weather events are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security, and the environment in broad areas ranging from the USA to China, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. ...more

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A Dry 2021 in California Prompts Water Conservation Response

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Limited water supply, restrictions on use, and higher costs may be in store for next year if the state’s drought conditions persist. This year has been critically dry and hot for California, resulting in déjà vu as the...more

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HHS Turns Up the Heat on Climate Change with New Office

The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently established the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE), reinforcing the Biden-Harris administration’s...more

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Global Insurance Perspectives on Climate Change

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Evolving climate change data presents an ominous trend that has the potential to upend historical assumptions of actuarial science. For example, in the last several years global risk markets have weathered historically...more

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The Biden Administration and Energy Part I - Domestic Policy

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When President Biden takes office on January 20, among the many other obstacles, issues and problems that he will need to deal with is an impending polar vortex that meteorologists now predict will descend upon the United...more

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The Role Of ESG In PE Real Estate Investments

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Investors and their stakeholders are increasing the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria to screen investments, causing private equity real estate investment managers to place more focus on measuring...more

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You Should Know - October 2020

Can Americans Seek Justice for Losses from Climate Change? America’s civil justice system is the great equalizer for the average citizen. Time and again, individuals have held powerful corporations, wealthy special...more

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