Conversations about Climate Change and Insurance
Conversations about Climate Change and Insurance examines issues at the intersection of insurance and climate change. Topics range from the insurability of climate perils and the impacts on housing markets to innovative new risk transfer approaches.
Insurability of Floods in a Changing Climate and the Need for Public-Private Action
Panel Discussion – June 29, 2021.
Co-Organized with The Geneva Association.
Participants:
- Maryam Golnaraghi (moderator), Geneva Association
- Craig Fugate, One Concern
- Carolyn Kousky, Wharton Risk Center
- Edward Mishambi, RennaisanceRe
- Eric Wilson, NYC Mayor’s Office of Resiliency
Harnessing Insurance for Climate Resilience: Findings of the California Climate Insurance Working Group
Webinar – July 1, 2021.
Participants:
- Mike Peterson (moderator), CA Department of Insurance
- Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations
- Carolyn Kousky, Wharton Risk Center
- Serena Sowers, Swiss Re
- Raghuveer Vinukollu, Munich Re
Insurance and Climate Risk Management
Webinar – July 19, 2021.
Watch the recording. Read the draft report.
Participants:
- Carolyn Kousky (moderator), Wharton Risk Center
- Alex Kaplan, Amwins
- Samantha Medlock, U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
- Mike Peterson, California Department of Insurance
- Craig Stewart, Insurance Bureau of Canada
- Simon Young, Willis Towers Watson
Innovations in Flood Insurance in Times of Climate Change
Webinar – July 21, 2021.
Participants:
- Andrew Carrier (moderator), Lloyds Tercentenary Research Foundation
- Carolyn Kousky, Wharton Risk Center
- Swenja Surminski, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics
- Craig Tillman, Renaissance Re
A Climate Crisis In Insurance Markets?
Webinar – August 12, 2021.
Participants:
- Nancy Watkins, Milliman (moderator)
- Patty Born, Florida State University
- Lloyd Dixon, RAND
- Kelly Hereid, Liberty Mutual
- Brian Powell, Alabama Department of Insurance
Insurance, Climate Change, and our Housing and Mortgage Markets
Webinar – August 23, 2021.
Participants:
- Ben Keys, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (moderator)
- Kristina Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Lynn Fisher, Federal Housing Finance Authority
- Matt Kahn, University of Southern California
- Michael Lacour-Little, Fannie Mae