Reinsurance

Restoring, protecting, and enhancing natural systems can be a way to reduce storm and flood risk for communities, save taxpayers money, and help revitalize fish and wildlife populations.

La Nias conditions can decrease wind shear across the tropical Atlantic allowing more hurricanes to form.

The sum includes $140 million in the reinsurance segment and $100 million from primary coverage.

The grants come from the Spencer Educational Foundation and pay up to $10,000 each for part-time master's degree studies.

The worlds insurers, banks and pension funds are 'inherently susceptible' to threats from climate change and must make adjustments

About 60 million people worldwide face a lack of food because of the El Nio phenomenon that has scorched harvests in some areas and caused floods in others.