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If theres one industry that should be responding to climate risk, its property insurers. These are the companies holding the bag for climate impacts, right? And yet, we see in the headlines - & maybe experience for ourselves - the crisis in insurance, with brand-name carriers exiting key markets. How is this possible, when there is so much at stake? What more could insurers be doing? What is the role of technology? This session will address these questions & more, in an interactive, provocative discussion format led by InsurTech founders building climate solutions. Whether you are a property owner, an investor, or simply puzzled by insurers response to climate risk, come participate, & help shape the insurance industry for a resilient response to climate risk.nnCO-HOSTS: Alisa Valderrama, Co-founder & CEO, FutureProof, & Kate Stilwell, Co-founder, Firebreak Risk, Sarah Atkinson, SPURnnPanelists:nKate Stillwell (confirmed)nKate is a co-founder of FireBreak, which aims to solve the crisis of wildfire insurability. Previously she founded Jumpstart, providing first-of-its-kind insurance with lump-sum payouts after a major earthquake.nAlisa Valderrama (confirmed)nAlisa is a co-founder of FutureProof Technologies, an insurtech startup leveraging AI to power more predictive insurance pricing & scalable investment in climate resiliency. Previously, Alisa was Director of Water Infrastructure Finance at the Natural Resources Defense Council.nKathleen Schaefer (confirmed)nA self-described flood wonk, Kathy came out of retirement after a career as a FEMA engineer to find better ways to manage flood risk. Now a PhD candidate at UC Davis, Kathy is pioneering a new model of community-based flood insurance which stands to create more equitable disaster recovery outcomes.
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