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Of InterestBlair Turnbull: Tower CEO on not letting a big disaster go to wasteFollowing the spate of extreme, damaging and costly weather events in the North Island this year we shouldn't let a big disaster go to waste, Tower Insurance CEO Blair Turnbull argues.Speaking in the latest episode of the Of Interest podcast, Turnbull says the realisation from frequent and extreme weather such as the Auckland anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle is that we are seeing climate change, and we need to understand it better and adapt."We're starting to rethink how to respond to some of these flood events. One thing's very clear, Mother Nature always wi...2023-06-1335 min
Economy WatchBlair Turnbull: Tower CEO on not letting a big disaster go to wasteFollowing the spate of extreme, damaging and costly weather events in the North Island this year we shouldn't let a big disaster go to waste, Tower Insurance CEO Blair Turnbull argues.Speaking in the latest episode of the Of Interest podcast, Turnbull says the realisation from frequent and extreme weather such as the Auckland anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle is that we are seeing climate change, and we need to understand it better and adapt."We're starting to rethink how to respond to some of these flood events. One thing's very clear, Mother Nature always wi...2023-06-1335 min
Of InterestBlair Turnbull: Insurance and climate changeFresh from meeting with international reinsurers, Tower CEO Blair Turnbull says they are "questioning whether they want to be down under."Turnbull spoke to interest.co.nz for the latest episode of our Of Interest Podcast about insurance and climate change.Reinsurers are highlighting they've taken losses for several years in a row, Turnbull said."And they are looking very closely, as you would expect, about where they want to have insurance for insurers. And especially more recently with the floods in Australia, which are record $4 [billion] to $5 billion events, they are questioning whet...2022-12-0641 min