Climate change and nature loss are reshaping insurance markets and widening the protection gap. More frequent and severe floods, storms, wildfires, and droughts are driving losses higher, while degraded ecosystems are reducing the natural protections communities rely on, from flood absorption to heat mitigation. Together, these trends are pushing climate-related insured losses up by an unsustainable 5% to 7% annually in real terms. This session will focus on practical solutions to close the growing insurance gap by aligning policy, regulation, finance, insurance practice, and investment in nature.
Hosted by David Kuhn, Corporate Resilience Lead, WWF-US and Josh Goldman Senior Director, Climate Communications, WWF-US
Opening remarks
- Sam Medlock, Principal, Climate Risk Advisors
Speakers:
- Lia Cairone, Director of Sustainability & Resilience at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget
- Sarah Conway, Climate, nature, and disaster risk finance expert
- Francis Bouchard, Managing Director, Climate, Marsh
Moderated by John Morton, Executive Managing Director, Nature Finance, WWF
Closing remarks:
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
With Rep. Kathy Castor (Fla.-14) (cancelled)
At the Fordham Law School at Lincoln Center.