Legislator: U.S. Insurers Ignore Climate Issue

NU Online News Service, Nov. 15, 12:05 p.m. EDT?A campaign by a veteran New York Assemblyman to have U.S. insurers address the effects of global warming, is drawing a lackluster reaction, an aide said.[@@]

Only "a handful" of insurers have responded to a survey sent out by Assembly Committee Chairman Alexander Grannis, D-Manhattan, asking what carriers are doing on the issue, according to Christine Olli, the committee's associate director.

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