Media Advisory - Atlantic Canada and the Costs of Climate Change: Making the Case for a National Flood Program

HALIFAX, Feb. 18, 2016 /CNW/ - Nova Scotians know all too well the losses that flooding and other severe weather can inflict. But neither Nova Scotians nor Canadians as a whole are ready for the increase in severe weather that climate change is bringing. Canada is the only G7 country without a national flood program. Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and the property and casualty insurance industry it represents believe Canada needs such a plan.

Don Forgeron, President and CEO of IBC and a native Nova Scotian, will speak about an initiative the industry is advocating for: a made-in-Canada program for managing flood risk. He will also address how flooding and IBC's proposed plan will affect Atlantic Canada.

Creating a sustainable flood program will help contain the costs that stem from climate change, which in turn will help protect the finances of Nova Scotians and, indeed, all Canadians.

WHO:	Don Forgeron, President and CEO, Insurance Bureau of Canada
WHAT:	"Atlantic Canada and the Costs of Climate Change: Making the Case for a National Flood Program"
DATE:	Thursday, February 25, 2016
TIME:	11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel
	1919 Upper Water Street
	Halifax, Nova Scotia

SOURCE Insurance Bureau of Canada

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