Risk Signals
Insights and inspiration from our community.
The Fire Marshal helping homeowners keep their insurance: Q&A with Jason McBroom
In Alpine, an unincorporated portion of San Diego County with substantial wildfire exposure, Fire Marshal Jason McBroom has built a one-on-one, case-management style approach to helping homeowners navigate insurance non-renewals, appeal decisions, and document mitigation work in ways insurers find credible. Insurance for Good sat down with the Fire Marshal to learn how his office is bridging the gap between wildfire mitigation and insurance underwriting, and what it would take for other fire departments to do the same.
New Wildfire Resilience Insurance in Tahoe Donner: Q and A with Dave Jones
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.