Before Disaster Strikes — Six States’ Approaches to Financing Resilient Homes

What if disaster resilience could be financed before a storm, wildfire, or other catastrophe—not primarily after the damage is done? Join experts for a webinar cohosted by the Resiliency Company and Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability and  exploring innovative approaches to funding property-level resilience investments, including IBHS FORTIFIED Roofs™.

Panelists will discuss how state appropriations, insurance-sector funding, tax incentives, catastrophe bonds, and emerging blended-capital models are helping move resilience investment upstream. The conversation will highlight practical lessons for policymakers, insurance regulators, housing finance agencies, philanthropies, and others working to reduce disaster losses, strengthen insurance markets, protect public resources, and make resilient homes more affordable and accessible.

Find case studies of resilient roofs funding and financing programs from six state states—and a policy brief surfacing common features →

• Gina Hardy, North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association and the North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association
• Michael Newman, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
• CJ Reynolds, Florida Housing Coalition

Moderator: Lydia Olander, Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability