Thought Leadership on Disaster Preparedness
The Travelers Institute®, the public policy division of Travelers, has an extensive history of advancing education and dialogue around disaster preparedness. These efforts began in 2009 with the publication of the Travelers Coastal Wind Zone Plan, which offered a comprehensive, private-market approach to insuring the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and addressed the crisis of availability and affordability of coastal wind insurance for homeowners.
Building on this flagship publication, the Travelers Institute launched an event series called Kicking Off Hurricane Preparedness Season to help families, businesses and communities prepare ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Following extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy, the Travelers Institute initiated an event series called Insurance Essentials: Your Questions Answered to help individuals make informed decisions when selecting personal insurance policies.
In 2022, the Travelers Institute’s Wednesdays with Woodward® webinar series included two disaster preparedness education programs. First, leading authorities in hurricane forecasting and risk mitigation joined a session to explore the latest advances in catastrophe modeling and discuss the outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Later in the year, experts from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety and ZestyAI joined a webinar on new digital technologies and research that are powering insights into wildfire risk and mitigation, including data-driven analysis at the property level.
Related Resources
- Travelers Institute® Webinar: Wildfire Mitigation: Cutting-Edge Insights, Tech and Research
- Travelers Institute® Webinar: Storm Warning: Managing the Risk of Increasing Hurricane Catastrophes
- Travelers Wildfire Defense Services Endorsement