Climate change is not a threat - instead it is the “biggest single investment opportunity” for the insurance sector in this lifetime, according to Lloyd’s of London’s chief executive John Neal.
If Elon Musk’s Tesla wanted to insure all of its recent $1.5 billion bitcoin investment against the myriad of pitfalls it could encounter, like hacks, theft and fraud, it would be out of luck.
The agency said that, over the coming year, it will phase in a price-setting method that marks an epochal shift in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which was set up in 1968 to cover property in flood-prone areas.