Insurance aspects of climate change in the US

As the fact of global warming becomes more widely accepted, the scope and frequency of lawsuits against greenhouse gases emitters and claims made against insurance companies are bound to increase. This article examines emerging climate change litigation, insurance coverage for global warming claims, the pollution exclusion in insurance contracts, whether greenhouse gases are characterised as pollutants, potential liabilities of directors and officers for global warming damage, and potential coverage under directors and officers insurance policies.

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