The Los Angeles mega-fires demonstrate that climate change threatens not only people’s lives but also their access to affordable insurance. Uninsurable property is all but impossible to sell. Absent fundamental reforms, homeowners as well as renters stand to suffer. More broadly — experts say this is a global problem — the result could be crumbling housing markets, which could trigger a collapse of the larger financial system as occurred in 2007.
In this press briefing, leading insurance experts and journalists who’ve covered this subject offered substantive insights and practical suggestions for how you and your news outlet can tackle what promises to be a central, and contentious, part of the climate story going forward.
Panelists
Anita Chabria, California Columnist, Los Angeles Times
Christopher Flavelle, Climate Adaptation Reporter, The New York Times
Dave Jones, Insurance Commissioner, Emeritus; Director, Climate Risk Initiative
Leslie Kaufman, Climate and Environment Reporter, Bloomberg
Mark Hertsgaard, CCNow executive director and co-founder, moderated.