This is the first installment in a blog series from CA FWD and Insurance for Good. This blog summarizes the key themes coming from recent discussions by the expert workgroup convened through the partnership.

An innovative insurance product was recently piloted in Truckee, California. The Nature Conservancy, Willis Towers Watson, and the Climate Risk Initiative at the UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment collaborated on an effort to help insurance take account of nature-based efforts to lower wildfire risk. Insurance for Good sat down with Dave Jones, the Director of the Climate Risk Initiative, to discuss the wildfire resilience insurance product written for a community in the forest.

Image: Isleton, California in 2024. (Alysha Beck/UC Davis) As many communities, small and large, face ongoing and increasing risk of flooding, new approaches to help residents prepare and recover are becoming increasingly important. The City of Isleton, CA is taking an innovative approach.