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Insurer's Message: Prepare for Climate Change or Get Sued
NBC News ^ | 6/06/14 | John Roach

Posted on 06/06/2014 3:15:06 PM PDT by Libloather

To insurance companies, there’s no doubt that climate change is here: They are beginning to file lawsuits against small towns and cities who they say haven’t prepared for the floods and storms that will cost the companies billions in payments.

Earlier this week, the U.S. arm of a major global insurance company backed away from an unprecedented lawsuit against Chicago and its suburbs for failing to prepare for heavy rains and associated flooding it claimed were fueled by global warming. While legal experts said the case was a longshot, its withdrawal didn't alter the message it contained for governments: prepare now for climate change or pay the price.

After several days of ground-saturating rain last April, an early-morning train of intense storm cells passed over the greater Chicago area and overwhelmed the region's stormwater and sewage systems. Water gushed out of sewer inlets and backed up into basements.

"There was just nowhere for this water to go," Marilyn Sucoe, the stormwater administrator for the Village of Lisle, a ring suburb west of Chicago that was affected by the flooding, told NBC News.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; illinois; insurance; sue; villageoflisle
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How do you prepare for global warming? Get more ice?
1 posted on 06/06/2014 3:15:06 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
How do you prepare for global warming?

Hose down the first EPA employee you see.

2 posted on 06/06/2014 3:20:05 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Libloather

Move to higher land with a better gradient.


3 posted on 06/06/2014 3:20:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

Like all scams, just follow the money.


4 posted on 06/06/2014 3:20:29 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Black skin has morphed into Teflon.)
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To: Libloather

Farmers Insurance. Dum de-dum dum, dum dum dum. Another corporation for the list.


5 posted on 06/06/2014 3:20:36 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Libloather

Kind of hard to win a case when there is no actual evidence. “Fear” of global warming is not enough.


6 posted on 06/06/2014 3:21:09 PM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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To: Libloather
I'm waiting for the mass Suisides from the IDIOTs who worship this shit.
These people are insane and are extremely dangerous to this country. They should
all be ridiculed at every opportunity and called stupid in public.

Some old hippie chick told me across and parts store counter that I
shouldn't ask for plastic bags for my parts. She was fired for her greenie propaganda.

7 posted on 06/06/2014 3:22:58 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Libloather
what globull warming... summer???
8 posted on 06/06/2014 3:23:47 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Libloather
Chicago has had this problem with sewer overflow for years. I remember hearing about it back in the 80's.

Unlike most modern cities, Chicago's storm water and sanitary sewer systems are not separate. So, when storms overwhelm the sewer system, it backs up into houses.

There have been various fixes proposed for years. A relatively simple one that limits the flow of storm water into the sewer was rejected, because the unions would rather spend more money building giant sewer tunnels.

9 posted on 06/06/2014 3:24:31 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: facedown
Farmers Insurance.

I didn't realize it was them -- I generally avoid giving the knee-pad media like NBC News the web traffic (although with Ad Block, they don't get any revenue anyway).

I dropped Farmer's a few years ago, after being with them for over three decades. They raised my homeowner rates nearly 50%, despite one claim that entire time, over a decade ago.

The article does say that Farmer's withdrew the suit, saying they just wanted to "raise awareness".

10 posted on 06/06/2014 3:30:40 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: Libloather

I’m surprised the insurance companies aren’t suing God but it sounds like The next gen lib stategy for not paying your insurance claims. I say stop buying from those companies.


11 posted on 06/06/2014 3:34:36 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Libloather

Doesn’t globull warming mean that it will get hotter?
Shouldn’t we be then preparing for droughts instead of floods?

In my neck of the woods, the cause for flooding is because the creeks have not been cleaned and have become shallow because of all the mudslides. Twenty years ago the water was at least 6 feet deep. Now one is lucky if one can get their ankles wet in certain areas.


12 posted on 06/06/2014 3:36:31 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Libloather
I like the precedent of non-governmental entities being able to sue governmental-entities over real or perceived harm.

I dare the feral government to let this happen.

The unintended consequences would be revolutionary... literally.

13 posted on 06/06/2014 3:38:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: Libloather

If you have a car accident just say it was global warming or climate change that caused it and you’re safe.


14 posted on 06/06/2014 3:43:56 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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To: Libloather

How’sabout a little fascism scarecrow.


15 posted on 06/06/2014 3:45:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Libloather

Floods and storms are caused by weather, not climate. Weather has always caused problems.


16 posted on 06/06/2014 3:52:36 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Libloather
I just can't wait for the discovery process in that lawsuit.
17 posted on 06/06/2014 3:54:12 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare IS Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
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To: Libloather
Ever notice that the guy they use for their TV commercials looks just like the farmer in American Gothic?


18 posted on 06/06/2014 3:58:55 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare IS Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
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To: Libloather

Typical scumbag attorney attempt to avoid a claim.


19 posted on 06/06/2014 3:59:46 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (t)
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To: Libloather

If I understand this right,an insurance company could refuse a claim by blaming the incident on anthropogenic climate change. Will they explain this beforehand & define the terms before selling a policy? I’d want to know how they would determine(BEFORE buying the policy)whether the incident leading to the claim was a natural disaster or man-caused. If they don’t want to pay any claims,they should at least be up front about it.....right?


20 posted on 06/06/2014 4:01:43 PM PDT by oldtech
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