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...Funders invest in a portfolio of cases and might cover the costs of lawyers and expert evidence, and arrange insurance products....
...“The backstop [provided by the insurance sector to the world] will fail,” is what Robinson told staff at Swiss Re, one of the world’s biggest providers of cover for insurance groups....
...“They move at the speed and force of a glacier,” says Gene Munster, managing partner of Deepwater....
...Insurers will take some of the strain, particularly if there are claims on parametric insurance, a relatively new way of filling gaps in traditional policies....
...The Bank of England warned in May of gaps in insurance coverage. Climate cases seeking compensation for wronged parties are less common....
...Behind a nearby ridge, there is a holy river fed by the glaciers of a holy mountain. Every year, one man from every household must attend a spiritual retreat in a remote gompa, high above the village....
...The growing risk to the corporate world has not escaped the notice of authorities: in May, the Bank of England warned that litigation could affect “the cost and availability” of directors’ liability insurance...
...But my private health insurance also insists that a psychiatrist must determine whether I’m fit to work....
...Kellner, who was 56, was one of five people killed when the Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter they were travelling in came down near the Knik Glacier, a mountainous area near Anchorage....
...Which, as you may know, can range from the silent treatment -- as is the case with Muddy Waters’ report on digital health insurance broker eHealth -- to the aggressive, like it was with a certain insolvent...
...Lemonade, the SoftBank-backed insurance start-up that completed an initial public offering earlier this month, has launched as a B Corporation — a business certified for achieving high environmental and...
...I am the person worrying about whether the toaster is unplugged, the car insurance valid and, most importantly, about the cat’s state of mind....
...It was a journey that had taken us from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and its towering glaciers across the Andes to the Pampas that extends into Argentina, by way of temperate rainforest, extraordinary...
...Emergency services are using this to respond to fires in remote regions while insurance companies use it to check disaster claims....
...Officials accused Andhoy of not taking out sufficient insurance, spilling fuel and operating without authorisation in a protected area....
...“I’ve never come to terms with the idea that there might be a time when I would have to stop, but one of the annoying issues is the insurance cost....
...The plan is that the slope will encourage summer tourism as well as providing insurance during winters with poor snowfall....
...Going over a glacier is difficult.” Julien makes frantic rolling motions with his hands, while grinning amiably. “You can’t get insurance because it’s dangerous....
...As well as discouraging tourists, Foreign Office warnings can make it hard for operators to get insurance cover....
...First, the government would guarantee all deposits, charging risk-based insurance premia....
...In 2011, it completed what was the biggest acquisition of a European reinsurer in run-off with the purchase of Switzerland-based Glacier Reinsurance....
...Now, companies are realising it can damage their brand, their credibility, their credit rating and their insurance costs....
...Higher temperatures mean the oceans expand, which contributes to rising sea levels – along with melting ice sheets and glaciers....
...They show forests, glaciers and the pylons of cable cars, often swathed in cloud....
...The unmade road through Kaldidalur is only 40km long but, in a two-wheel drive, and with a desire to retain my insurance excess and vibration-sensitive internal organs, it took an hour to cross....
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