Climate Risk a Major Challenge for Insurance Industry, Treasury Says

Climate-related risks are becoming an increasing challenge for

insurers

, the U. S.

Treasury Department

said, urging state regulators to

step up

their so-far "limited" efforts to address the issue.

Insurers face a host of risks

,

from

increased

litigation

to

reputational

harm,

(

associated with climate change

)

, but the response from regulators remains in its early stages, the Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office said in a report

(

published Tuesday

)

.

生詞/組

insurers 保險(xiǎn)公司;承保人;insurer的復(fù)數(shù)

Treasury Department 財(cái)政部;美國財(cái)政部

step up 增加;提高

a host of 許多;很多

litigation n.訴訟;打官司

reputational 聲譽(yù)

譯文：

（美國）財(cái)政部表示，氣候風(fēng)險(xiǎn)是保險(xiǎn)業(yè)面臨的重大挑戰(zhàn)

美國財(cái)政部表示，氣候相關(guān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)正成為保險(xiǎn)公司面臨的日益嚴(yán)峻的挑戰(zhàn)，并敦促州監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)加大迄今為止“有限”的努力來解決這一問題。財(cái)政部聯(lián)邦保險(xiǎn)辦公室在周二發(fā)布的一份報(bào)告中表示，保險(xiǎn)公司面臨著與氣候變化相關(guān)的一系列風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，從訴訟增加到聲譽(yù)損害，但監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)的應(yīng)對措施仍處于早期階段。 來自華爾街日報(bào) (The Wall Street Journal)