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Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

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Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months ago

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Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

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Fret not about the human lives and livelihoods that are at stake… wont someone please think of the insurance carriers??

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