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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

If they really cared about climate change, they could stop insuring most polluting industries, such as oil companies.

They could also offer reduced rates for carbon negative industries and renewable energy.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They aren't trying to lower overall risk. They are in the business of accurately assessing risk.

Giving a discount for behavior that lowers climate risk is different than a discount for behavior that affects the client more proportional to effort, like defensive driving. A customer cutting emissions in half, drop in the ocean to climate change, so how much have they lowered their climate risk?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

They don't care, but that's not the same as not believing in it.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This is exactly why insurance companies "believing" in climate change is meaningless - they adjust their bussiness model to profit from it rather than help prevent it, just like how they could check out some portable power stations on gearscouts.com for emergency backup during climate disasters instead of actually reducing emissions.