Resilience Pays: Insurance Companies Fund Climate-Resilient Buildings Research

Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano close the first season speaking with Dr. Anne Cope, Chief Engineer at IBHS, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a nonprofit supported by property insurers, reinsurers, and affiliated companies. Anne leads the engineering team, researching the performance of homes and businesses in hurricanes, wildfires, severe thunderstorms, and hailstorms. We talk  about her role at the National Institute of BUilding Sciences, building codes, affordability, return on investment from resilience, the role of insurers in adaptation and more.

Resources:

IBHS - https://ibhs.org/

IBHS Understanding Building Codes - https://ibhs.org/building-codes/

NIBS Mitigation Saves study - https://www.nibs.org/projects/natural-hazard-mitigation-saves-2019-report

NIBS Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council - https://www.nibs.org/mmc