The climate pattern is worsening and sea temperatures ?n tropical areas has risen, increasing the risk of high winds.

We will try to see what we can offer the GE people, not all will have a position. Some will take on jobs occupied by Swiss Re people at present.

Swiss Re has benefited from its well-diversified business to absorb an unparalleled sequence of exceptionally large natural catastrophe events.

[The risk is heightened by climate changes that could bring less snow and more rain to the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada. As a result, water surging into the Sacramento River and the delta will greatly increase the chances of winter floods.] The state's water policy and all its plans for restoration of the delta are predicated on one flawed assumption -- that the delta is a fixed landscape and will look the same for the indefinite future, ... And it won't.

Illinois' reputation for lawsuit abuse creates a hostile business climate that puts Illinois jobs at risk.

Climate change will have its greatest impact at the coastlines, ... and the risk will go up higher than people think.