I wrapped up my first-ever Local weather Week NYC final week at ClimateTech Join. After their two-day April occasion in Washington, D.C., I might hardly miss this particular half-day replace when it was so near residence.
Fifty-plus attendees crammed a room close to Grand Central Station, and I instantly noticed acquainted faces and had the chance to satisfy with a mixture of trade veterans and relative newbies spanning all insurance coverage disciplines, from underwriting and claims to the chopping fringe of modeling and synthetic intelligence. High insurance coverage thought leaders and influencers had been there to talk on climate-related problems with urgent curiosity to my trade and everybody it serves. The panel themes and the panelist themselves made it clear from the beginning {that a} weblog submit was not going to do the occasion justice.
The primary panel – Pioneers Shaping the Way forward for Local weather Resilience – was moderated by Francis Bouchard, managing director for local weather at Marsh McLennan, whose bona fides embody senior positions with Zurich Insurance coverage and the Reinsurance Affiliation of America. Francis moderated a no-holds-barred panel of younger insurance coverage leaders: Angela Grant at Palomar, Michael Gulla of Adaptive Insurance coverage, and Valkyrie Holmes of Faura. The power and experience of those panelists left me feeling that the trade – within the face of myriad challenges – is being put into good palms.
The subsequent dialogue was moderated by Jerry Theodorou, a director on the R Road Institute whose skilled background consists of roles at Conning, AIG, and Chubb. It featured Dan Kaniewski, managing director and U.S. public sector lead for Marsh McLennan and a former FEMA deputy administrator, and Raghuveer Vinukollu, head of local weather insights and advisory for Munich Re. The depth and timeliness of those three specialists’ insights made for a fascinating and thought-provoking session.
The third panel was each participating and accessible – a bit stunning to me, on condition that it consisted solely of PhDs. Steve Weinstein, CEO of Mangrove Property Insurance coverage led a dialogue amongst Joanna Syroka of Fermat Capital Administration, Catherine Ansell of JPMorgan Chase, and M. Cameron Rencurrel at Mercury Insurance coverage on not solely “Why Science Must Be within the Boardroom,” however HOW younger scientists can discover their method there and determine IF that’s the place they wish to be.
Between these panels had been displays from representatives of a number of insurtechs who shared their data-driven options centered on understanding and addressing climate-related panels. All this in a interval of about three hours (not together with the networking reception afterward). Regardless of all the data shared, the occasion didn’t really feel in any respect rushed.
Should you weren’t in a position to make it and are feeling a bit disregarded, don’t fret! ClimateTech Join 2026 might be held in Washington, D.C., on April 8 and 9, 2026.
