California lets insurers price climate risk, sparking cost fears
The new rule allows insurance carriers to compute rates by using catastrophe models that incorporate the growing risk of natural disasters.
By Alexandre Rajbhandari and John Gittelsohn |
December 17, 2024 at 01:07 PM
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(Bloomberg) — California adopted a rule that aims to bolster access to home insurance in the state, after several major carriers retreated from the market amid growing risk of wildfires.
The rule, which takes effect Jan. 2, allows insurance providers to compute policy rates by using catastrophe models that incorporate the growing risk of climate change as well as mitigation efforts, instead of relying solely on historical disaster data, the California Department of Insurance said in a statement.
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