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Insurance in a Climate-Changed World

NonProfit Quarterly

The first place that most of us will experience the direct costs of climate change is in the insurance market, and the problem has already emerged. Loading the Dice” In many areas, property insurance premiums have soared, and finding coverage has become extremely difficult. This escalation is our new normal.

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A Quarter of All Homeowners Could Lose Insurance Due to Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

Seven months later, State Farm followed suit and publicly announced it would no longer accept personal or business applications for casualty or property insurance in California. California, the nation’s most populous state, is too much of an insurance risk due mainly to escalating wildfires. The reason? California isn’t alone.

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Challenges, Opportunities, and Insurance Buying Trends in the Nonprofit Industry – 2021

NonProfit PRO

During this informative webinar attendees will learn the impacts of COVID-19 on the nonprofit sector, the trends influencing nonprofits’ growth plans, the actions and investments nonprofit organizations are taking to expand services, and critical factors determining insurance requirements and provider preference.

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Is Your Health Insurer Breaking the Law?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: AntonioGuillem on istock.com Despite hundreds of state laws meant to protect health insurance consumers—patients, in other words—from denials of legitimate claims for coverage, health insurers are routinely flouting these laws and illegally denying coverage in even life-threatening situations.

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How to Create Exciting Social and Digital Content for Unsexy, Boring and Regulated Industries

Pam Moore

It's even more challenging if your business is in a highly regulated industry such as healthcare, financial, insurance or government. Insurance agents. Marketers working on government programs. Even if your product or service is “sexy” it can be tough. These were industries that many would call boring.

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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

And as a result of repeated storms, insurance companies have been leaving Florida or increasing insurance rates, creating a crisis of underinsurance that Milton will exacerbate. Insurance companies also treat flooding differently, so philanthropic funding is needed even more. In the U.S.,

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

Community-based organizations and local governments are starting to recognize where such individuals may fall through the cracks and are creating policies and networks for more inclusive disaster response and recovery. This includes aid provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as unemployment insurance.