insurance Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:39:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 OPEC States It Doesn’t Give a Jack About Electric Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/opec-electric-vehicles-20160904/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/opec-electric-vehicles-20160904/#respond Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:39:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60555 OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), a significant world oil contributor, recently displayed overconfidence in its presence and future influence despite the rise in electric vehicles. While car companies are looking to produce more electric vehicles, OPEC expects to continue providing oil for the car industry. OPEC’s members seem entirely ignorant of the world’s […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/opec-electric-vehicles-20160904/feed/ 0 60555 Insurance Industry Making Adjustments for Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/insurance-industry-making-adjustments-for-climate-change-20121215/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/insurance-industry-making-adjustments-for-climate-change-20121215/#respond Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:25:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29864 As the final tallies are finally counted following the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, surpassing the $50 billion mark, insurance companies are starting to pay attention. Insurance is risk assessment, and while part of the story could be how insurance companies are looking to reduce their risk, the opposite is quite true, leading to increase […]

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