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Property Insurance in an Era of Urban Wildfires
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
Virtual Webinar
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This program will examine and focus on the increasing challenge of providing affordable insurance in the aftermath of natural disasters throughout the state, including the latest Pacific Palisades and Altadena fires.
The webinar will explore several key issues, including:
- Policies to mitigate the impacts of urban wildfires on residential affordability and availability
- Modified approaches to urban planning and development that reduce both the probability and magnitude of losses from urban wildfires
- California property insurance complexities related to the FAIR plan, methods of reinsurance, and the use of backward-looking models for rate setting
To address these issues, the webinar will feature an elite panel of experts on urban wildfires and property insurance:
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Nancy Wallace Professor and Chair of the Real Estate Group, Lisle and Roslyn Payne Chair in Real Estate and Capital Markets, Co-Chair Fisher Center for Real Estate + Urban Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley View Full Speaker Bio |
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Rex Frazier President; Board Co-Vice Chair Personal Insurance Federation of California; California Fire Safe Council View Full Speaker Bio |
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Jason Adams Partner Cox, Castle & Nicholson View Full Speaker Bio |
