The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is asking for public comment on FIO's future work relating to the insurance sector and climate-related financial risks. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)

On August 31, the Federal Insurance Officer (FIO) — an arm of the U.S. Treasury Department — published a request for information to understand how well U.S. insurers are prepared to handle the effects of climate change, with comments due Nov. 15.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.