Biden prepares sweeping order on climate-related risks
In a draft executive order, President Joe Biden reaches into all corners of the federal government with plans that would touch every sector.
The Biden administration is assembling the plan ahead of a major international climate summit the president plans to host April 22-23. | Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden is preparing to instruct federal agencies to take sweeping action to combat climate-related financial risks to government and the economy, including moves that could impose new regulations on businesses.
In a draft executive order obtained by POLITICO, Biden reaches into all corners of the federal government with plans that would touch every sector of American industry, including banking and insurance, oil and gas, housing, agriculture, and federal contracting, purchasing and lending.
Selective Leads All Insurance Carriers With Number Of Employees Who Are Certified Praesidium Guardians Trained To Advise Customers On Abuse Prevention
Trained Employees Share Valuable Risk Management Practices and Solutions to Help Protect Vulnerable Adults and Children
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BRANCHVILLE, N.J., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Selective Insurance today announced that 24 Selective employees have received the Certified Praesidium Guardian™ designation. This designation certifies that these individuals have completed the in-depth training and development set forth by Praesidium and that they are committed to the highest standards in sexual abuse prevention. With an additional 21 employees going through the rigorous certification process later this year, Selective employees represent the largest population of Certified Praesidium Guardians in the insurance industry today.
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Infrastructure, Risk, and Partisanship – Proposed Reform to the National Flood Insurance Program
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Executive Summary The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is the only broadly purchased flood insurance in the United States, but the program is expensive, cumbersome, and outdated, and owes $20.5 billion to Treasury. In April 2021 the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it would be updating the NFIP’s risk assessment procedures to bring premiums in line with actual risks posed on an individual home House Financial Services Committee Democrats simultaneously recirculated an updated version of the 2019 proposed legislation that had bipartisan support, only this time Democrats included rate hike caps and $20 billion in forgiveness of the NFIP’s debt without consultation with Republican counterparts.
The federal flood insurance program paid $1.2 billion in claims in 2020, breaking the $1 billion threshold for a record sixth consecutive year, according to an E&E News analysis of federal records.