California Climate Insurance
Commissioner Ricardo Lara has appointed the nation’s first Deputy Insurance Commissioner of Climate and Sustainability in the United States as California once again leads the nation by working with environmental and industry leaders to find innovative solutions to the risks posed by climate change. Our new Climate and Sustainability Office will address the threat of climate change by working with the insurance industry, climate experts, California and international leaders.
KEY INITIATIVES
- California Climate Insurance Working Group
- The Sustainable Insurance Roadmap
- NAIC Climate Risk Disclosure Survey
- Climate Risk Carbon Initiative
NEWS
- Insurance Commissioners visit site of California’s most destructive wildfire during Risk and Resilience Summit
- Senator Dodd, Commissioner Lara, Treasurer Ma Launch California Disaster Insurance Bill to Stabilize State Budget Costs from Catastrophic Events
- Commissioner Lara supports Governor Newsom's call for creative approaches to reduce wildfire risk to our communities
- Ricardo Lara pledges to confront climate-fueled wildfires, fight fraud, expand health care as next Insurance Commissioner
LEGISLATION
CLIMATE INSURANCE WORKING GROUP ITEMS
- Summary of LAO Report Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts (Legislative Analyst's Office, California)
- California fires: Building resilience from the ashes (Zurich North America, 2019)
- Preliminary Report Concept (California Climate Insurance Working Group, Draft)
- Insuring a Low Carbon Future (ShareAction >> Asset Owners Disclosure Project, 2019)
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting: Call In Participants (February 2020)
- Notice of February 19 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (November 8, 2019)
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting: Call In Participants (November 8, 2019)
- Notice of November 8 California Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (September 10, 2019)
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting: Call In Participants (September 10, 2019)
- Notice of California Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
