A Slow-Burning Fuse: Climate Change from the Risk Management Trenches

This morning was the only professional session on climate change at the 2014 annual conference of RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society, the preeminent risk management trade group in the country. Over 9,000 individuals from insurers, policyholders, brokers and vendors are in attendance.  In a different conference room, my partner made a presentation on "additional insured" coverage with 400+ in attendance.  About 30 showed up for climate change. The disinterest was not due to the quality of the presenters.  Climate Change: How to Stress Test Your Organization was pres...