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Research for Practice: Learning from Protection Gap Entities around the World
Join Insurance for Good on September 15 for the next webinar in our Research for Practice Series! Bimonthly hear from experts discussing recent research and its implications for policy and practice.
Professor Paula Jarzabkowski will present her research into government insurance programs. These programs are not-for-profit entities set up to manage disaster insurance protection gaps and support post-disaster reconstruction within states, countries, or across multiple countries.
Recognizing that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to these issues, she will conclude with some broader principles to consider across a range of contexts, including in the US.
Insurance Solutions for U.S. Fisheries
Join Insurance for Good on September 29 for a special conversation about insuring fisheries. Recent fishery disasters have highlighted a persistent gap in the financial tools available to U.S. fishing communities.
This webinar will explore what a more proactive system of fisheries risk management could look like in the United States. Using the collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab fishery as a starting point, speakers, Jamie Goen and Chris Anderson, will discuss the impacts of fishery disasters, the role and limitations of existing disaster assistance, and lessons from the evolution of U.S. crop insurance and agricultural commodity programs.
Ask Me Anything: Understanding Catastrophic Risks with Andy Neal
Join us on October 23rd when Andy Neal, Managing Director, Public Sector Partnerships, at AON will answer your questions! Are you curious how catastrophe models work? How insurers might approach pricing catastrophic risk? Do you have big questions about the transition happening in flood insurance from public to private markets?
In this webinar there will be no formal presentation, just answers to your questions.
Where We Build Matters — Housing, Risk, and Reslience
Join Insurance for Good for the last webinar of the year in our Research for Practice Series! Bimonthly hear from experts discussing recent research and its implications for policy and practice.
Andrew Rumbach and Sara McTarnaghan, co-leads of the Urban Institute’s Climate and Communities Practice Area, will present research on the intersection of climate risk, housing, and land use policy. They will discuss how local land use and zoning decisions shape patterns of development in hazard-prone areas and explore ways to better align climate resilience and housing affordability goals.
Flood Insurance: Challenges and New Solutions
Join Insurance for Good, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and the California Department of Insurance for the third event in the 2026 Insurance Resilience Planning Program Webinar Series!
In this third webinar, hear expert panelists discuss the current state of flood insurance in California and future opportunities to improve financial and physical flood resilience in California communities. Speakers will provide an overview of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) program elements and trends, private flood insurance market dynamics, and case studies on innovative insurance solutions that address community-specific flood risk management needs.
Research for Practice: Improving Disaster Insurance Access and Experience
Join Insurance for Good for our 2026 Research for Practice Webinar Series to bimonthly hear an expert discuss recent research and its implications for policy and practice.
In our third webinar, Daniel Schwarcz, the Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, 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.
Making homes insurable in high wildfire-risk areas
Join Insurance for Good, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and the California Department of Insurance for the second event in the 2026 Insurance Resilience Planning Program Webinar Series.
In this second webinar, hear from experts on the frontier of property- and community-level wildfire loss reduction, access and affordability challenges faced by policyholders, industry perspectives on insurability, and opportunities to improve residential insurability in California communities.
Ask Me Anything: Wildfires, Mitigation, & Innovation
Ask anything. Get real answers. Join Insurance for Good for our new series where you can get your insurance questions answered by national experts.
On June 23, Victor Joseph, President and Chief Operating Officer at Mercury Insurance, will answer your questions about insurance and climate change.
Research for Practice: Linking Mitigation and Insurance
Join Insurance for Good for our 2026 Research for Practice Webinar Series to bimonthly hear an expert discuss recent research and its implications for policy and practice.
In our second webinar, Lars Powell, Director of the Center for Risk and Insurance Research (CRIR) at the University of Alabama, will discuss research findings related to housing and risk reduction in the Gulf Coast.
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, Francis Bouchard, Managing Director of Climate at Marsh McLennan, will answer your questions about insurance and climate change.
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.
