Climate Chaos: The Insurance Gamble
Filming Locations
Gressier, canton of Neuchâtel (torrential floods, June 2021).
Val de Bagnes, canton of Valais (debris flows, July 2024 and June 2025).
France, Australia, United States, California (locations mentioned in relation to insurers' withdrawal).
Main Contributors
Lucien, Yann, Serge: Swiss victims of extreme climate events.
David Marais, observer guide in Val de Bagnes.
Serge de Palant, president of the Swiss insurers' association.
Key Issues
Multiplication of climate disasters and difficulties in compensating victims through insurance.
Insurance coverage limits result in enormous sums borne by property owners and municipalities.
Threats to the sustainability of the insurance system in the face of intensifying disasters linked to global warming.
Key Figures
480 million francs paid out by insurers after a single hailstorm in 2021 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Quotes
Isabel Garcia: "What happened in Athens, what happens regularly everywhere: at some point, it will just not be possible to pay."
Yann: "We found ourselves under the roof, at night, with our children, and we were really calling our loved ones to tell them we were going to die."
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