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Ask Me Anything: Francis Bouchard
Ask anything. Get real answers. Join Insurance for Good for our new series where you can get your insurance market and policy questions answered by national experts.
In our series launch on April 22, Francis Bouchard, Managing Director of Climate at Marsh McLennan and member of Insurance for Good’s Private Market Insights Advisory Group, will answer your questions about insurance and climate change. Are insurers prepared for climate change? What can insurers do to support climate actions? What can they do to support more resilience? Is insurance a climate adaptation tool? How has insurance supported loss reduction in the past?
Research for Practice: Linking Mitigation and Insurance
Join Insurance for Good for our 2026 Research for Practice Webinar Series! Bimonthly hear from an expert discussing recent research and its implications for policy and practice. These sessions will discuss the evidence base on key insurance and risk management topics to guide decisionmaking. Short presentations will be followed by Q and A on how to best harness their insights for attendees.
In our second webinar on May 21, Lars Powell will discuss research findings related to housing and risk reduction in the Gulf Coast. Learn how much home hardening can save in avoided losses, higher property values, and improved insurability. Also hear about Alabama’s nationally recognized policy approaches to creating safer homes that are better able to withstand hurricanes.
Lars Powell is Director of the Center for Risk and Insurance Research (CRIR) at the University of Alabama.
Research for Practice: Improving Disaster Insurance Access and Experience
Join Insurance for Good for our 2026 Research for Practice Webinar Series! Bimonthly hear from an expert discussing recent research and its implications for policy and practice. These sessions will discuss the evidence base on key insurance and risk management topics to guide decisionmaking. Short presentations will be followed by Q and A on how to best harness their insights for attendees.
In our third webinar on July 14, Professor Daniel Schwarcz will present his recent research on the legal and regulatory constraints that limit insurers' capacity to advance climate adaptation and resilience, along with concrete reforms that state lawmakers and regulators could adopt in response. Drawing on several prior articles, he will outline options for promoting greater standardization of homeowners insurance policies, improving the resolution of consumer claims disputes, fostering insurer competition that aligns with broader social objectives, and strengthening insurers’ incentives to reward and support climate resilience and adaptation efforts by individual homeowners and the communities in which they live.
Daniel Schwarcz is the Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota.
Research for Practice: Climate Risks & Housing Markets
This event is part of Insurance for Good’s Research to Practice webinar series. Bimonthly hear from an expert discussing recent research and its implications for policy and practice. These sessions will discuss the evidence base on key insurance and risk management topics to guide decisionmaking. Presentations will be followed by Q and A on how to best harness their insights for attendees.
In our series launch, Benjamin Keys will discuss how climate risks are increasing home insurance premiums at a pace that’s reshaping local housing markets. Learn what has been happening in insurance markets around the country and how these changes are directly impacting property values, lending decisions, and the overall stability of local real estate markets.
Benjamin Keys is the Rowan Family Foundation Professor of Real Estate and Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Insurance and Wildfire Mitigation in California
Insurance for Good Executive Director, Carolyn Kousky, will moderate a dialogue with Victor Joseph, President and Chief Operating Officer at Mercury Insurance, and Nancy Watkins, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman.
How State Insurance Programs Can Lower Disaster Losses
Join EDF for a webinar on how state-insurance programs can drive greater resilience and loss reduction.
Insurance for Nature and Nature for Insurance
Our partner, Environmental Defense Fund, is hosting a workshop titled Insurance for Nature and Nature for Insurance this spring in Washington, DC. There are only a few spots left, so register below if you are interested in joining us!
Disaster Insurance 101
Confused by disaster insurance? Join us for an overview of how disaster insurance markets work, who the players are, what the terms mean, and the difference between the private market and public programs. This event is free and open to anyone.
