The Weekly: Alabama Used Five Financing Levers to Scale Resilient Building Standards Across the State
Alabama’s approach to scaling the FORTIFIED standard has become a blueprint nationwide.
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The Frontier of Insurance Innovation: Parametric Heat Insurance
In a world of more frequent climate stressors and disasters, parametric insurance is a fast, nimble way to compensate communities for losses. Its growing popularity in the disaster space (from earthquakes to hurricanes) makes it a necessary tool to help communities bounce back.
Dixon Trail: The Nation’s First Wildfire-Resilient Neighborhood
The Dixon Trail community in California could signal a way forward for stakeholders grappling with the heightened risk of building, owning, and insuring homes in the fire-prone West.
Product Innovation: The Key To Climate Resilience For the Insurance Sector
Francis Bouchard, Managing Director of Climate for Marsh McLennan, recently interviewed Roy Wright, CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), to discuss the future of insurance in the age of climate change and the importance of product innovation.
Financing the Resiliency Delta
When disaster strikes, the question is not whether we will rebuild, but how. The problem is that it costs more to rebuild a home to disaster-resilient standards. We need new flexible and dedicated financing products that make it easier for homeowners to make critical resilience investments.
The Weekly: Wildfire and the WUI—Why Disaster Costs Keep Rising
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The Weekly: From Heat To Hail—Why Disaster Costs Are Skyrocketing
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From Disaster To Blueprint: How Greenline's Model Could Transform Post-Fire Recovery
The Greenline Housing Foundation is helping Altadena residents recover, rebuild, and remain in the neighborhood following January's devastating fire. This profile of Greenline’s work examines how rebuilding with resiliency can drive a recovery that preserves wealth and gets residents back home.
Investing to Minimize Flooding and Protect Critical Water Resources: A Case Study From Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Historically, strong federal environmental regulations drove government action to manage water resources -- that’s changing as more communities experience flooding and see the benefits of nature-based solutions to mitigate those impacts.