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 climate experts, consumer groups and the insurance industry, and California and international leaders.
KEY INITIATIVES
- Climate Smart Insurance Database
- California Climate Insurance Working Group
- The Sustainable Insurance Roadmap
- NAIC Climate Risk Disclosure Survey
- Climate Risk Carbon Initiative
- Scenario Analysis
FUTURE EVENTS
- (CANCELLED) August 20, 2021
- September 2021 Meeting (TBA)
NEWS
- December 10, 2020 Virtual Meeting on Home Hardening and Catastrophe Modeling
- Commissioner Lara launches first-ever database of green insurance products
- Commissioner Lara named Co-Chair of National Climate & Resiliency Task Force
- Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance: Reducing Extreme Heat Risk for Vulnerable People
- Commissioner Lara answers questions about new report on extreme heat and insurance from UC Berkeley Law School
LEGISLATION
CLIMATE INSURANCE WORKING GROUP ITEMS
Written Public Comment
For written public comment, please email ClimateChange@insurance.ca.gov.
July 16, 2021 Meeting
- July 16th, 2021 Agenda
- DRAFT REPORT of the Climate Insurance Working Group
- Draft Climate Insurance Working Group 2-Pager_Summary
- (CANCELLED) July 13th, 2021 Agenda
June 2021 Meeting
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (June 4 2021) DRAFT
- June 4 Meeting Notice of the California Climate Insurance Working Group
- Draft Climate Insurance Recommendations
August 2020 Meeting
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (August 21, 2020)
- August 21 Meeting Notice of the California Climate Insurance Working Group
- Climate Insurance Working Group - Draft Cross Cutting Issues
- The Role of Natural Defenses for Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation & How to Incentivize Them (Beck, 2020)
- Blue Forest Conservation Presentation - August 21 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
July 2020 Meeting
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (July 22, 2020)
- July 22 Meeting Notice of the California Climate Insurance Working Group
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (May 20-21, 2020)
- July 22 Meeting, Agenda Item III RISCO Presentation
- July 22 Meeting Agenda Item III AXA Presentation
May 2020 Meeting
- Notice of May 21 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Notice of May 20 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Draft Climate Insurance Chapter Structure Framework - May 20 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Draft Climate Insurance Full Report Outline - May 20 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Draft Recommendations for Discussion - May 20 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Local Government SB 379 Presentation - May 21 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
- Presentation and Discussion: Building Blocks of Risk Transfer - May 21 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
February 2020 Meeting
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting Minutes (February 2020 Draft)
- Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting: Call In Participants (February 2020)
- Notice of February 19 Climate Insurance Working Group Meeting
November 2019 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
September 2019 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
Discussion Resources
- LAO Report: Forest and Watershed Management
- Summary of LAO Report Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts (Legislative Analyst's Office, California)
- Preliminary Report Concept Flooding (Draft)
- Preliminary Report Concept (Draft)
- Case Studies of Natural Shoreline Infrastructure in Coastal California
- Financing Nature: Closing the Global Biodiversity Financing Gap
- Insurance for Climate Adaptation: Opportunities and Limitations (Jarzabkowski et al., 2019)
- IDF Practical Guide to Insuring Public Assets (Insurance Development Forum, 2019)
- California fires: Building resilience from the ashes (Zurich North America, 2019)
- Insuring a Low Carbon Future (ShareAction >> Asset Owners Disclosure Project, 2019)
