Wildfire's Rising Risks and Expected Losses

Alister Watt, Chief Product Officer at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home  Safety (IBHS), shares how the insurance industry and IBHS are partnering to provide  homeowners with a meaningful path to greater wildfire resilience.

Alister Watt, Chief Product Officer at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home  Safety (IBHS), shares how the insurance industry and IBHS are partnering to provide  homeowners with a meaningful path to greater wildfire resilience.

Walter Voigts-von Forster, Head of Property and Casualty Insurance for Munich Re of Africa, discusses how investments in natural catastrophe modeling and innovative risk solutions can help bridge the protection gap in Africa.

Tim Brockett, Executive Vice President and Head of Specialty Lines, Innovation, and Strategic Products within the Reinsurance Division at Munich Re, provides an overview and analysis of the Climate Risk Preparedness Survey among organizations around the globe. Learn more here.

Ernst Rauch, Chief Climate Scientist at Munich Re, provides an overview of the losses from natural catastrophes during the first half of 2024. View the complete Half Year 2024 report here.

Tobias Grimm, Head of Climate Advisory and Natural Catastrophe Data at Munich Re,  explains the factors that contributed to a devastating wildfire season in 2023 and  favor additional losses in 2024. Learn more: munichre.com/climatecheck

Mark Bove, Meteorologist and Senior Vice President of Natural Catastrophe Solutions for  Munich Re Insurance America, discusses the latest climate change related risk considerations related to hurricanes. Learn more: munichre.com/climatecheck

Mark Bove, Meteorologist and Senior Vice President of Natural Catastrophe Solutions for Munich Re Insurance America, discusses how communities around the world have fared during recent hurricanes and offers insights about the upcoming hurricane season. Learn more: munichre.com/climatecheck

Thomas Walter, Product Marketing Manager for Risk Management Partners, explains how Location Risk Intelligence reveals climate-related portfolio risk—helping insurers and other financial institutions remain sustainable resources for the organizations that rely on them. Learn more: munichre.com/climatecheck

Florian Gruson, Head of Global Sales & Distribution, and Stefan Schüssele, Senior Manager of Public Sector Business Development, delve into COP28: its structure, the major players, and key developments like climate resilience initiative Global Shield. Learn more: munichre.com/climatecheck