Issues central to the insurance industry will be tackled as part of the ambitious three-pronged climate-change plan President Obama unveiled June 25

No doubt the sight of it makes for pretty pictures, but lightning is much less awe-inspiring for insurers.

Non-life premium growth increased by 2.6 percent in 2012, buoyed by economic expansion in emerging markets and selective price increases in advanced markets that are overriding depressed interest rates, a recent study shows.

A new report raises the question of whether climate change will make the cost of flood insurance unaffordable for many people by the end of the century.