The cost of extreme weather and the challenge for insurance
From wildfires to flash floods - extreme weather is damaging, dangerous, and expensive. Amanda Lang takes a deeper look - by the numbers. As insurance costs rise, more and more people may struggle to afford it … making the future even more precarious when it comes to extreme weather. Amanda talks it over with Craig Stewart, Vice President of Climate Change and Federal Issues at the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
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